This respondent, her first child due at the time of the interview, explains the impact of family formation on her remittance flow: "So, I sort of a little bit prepared them already that once I have my own family, that I will cut back my remittances to them" (Francesca).
"I don't work and I do not have any other source of income, so I can't imagine any other way I would support my family if the remittance companies are closed," she said.
"Before the closure of remittance channels, my sons in the US and Qatar were sending me $200 every month to cover all my basic needs and with my 100-year-old mother who has many health issues, we are fully dependent on it," Osman said.
But it almost seemed natural for me to have been selected for the project focused on the potential of migrants who had left Kosovo: attention within Kosovan institutions had been focusing upon the diaspora and their vast power of remittances, yet my supervisor, Denis Nushi, thought incorrectly so.
My connection with those back "home" is threefold; sending remittance to relatives in the horn of Africa is probably familiar to many, the connection with those left back in Somalia is very strong.
The onset of recession appears to have caused respondent migrant nurses to worry about the stability of their employment and implications for their remittance flow: "I'm scared about the stability of my job which is affecting the quality of my life and my family back home" (169).
My two babies are very little babies and all this time I am working to feed them and only being able to phone them while my sister looks after them - and for what?" Mr Haq has the two yellow remittance slips which prove he sent his money to his extended family.
"Every time my wife is about to deliver a baby, my older brother who lives in the US would send me money for hospital expenses through remittance companies.
§ 377.105 Collection and remittance.
Remittance payments to Somalia dwarf aid spending.
What are the options for remittance companies?
