Thursday, February 02, 2006

Immigration and Remittances

According to the Banco de México, remittances from Mexican workers increased in 2005 by 20.6 percent over 2004. The numbers not only in Mexico, but across the hemisphere generally, are really staggering.

That article courtesy of the blog of Michelle Dion, fellow Carolina Ph.D.

2 comments:

Greg Weeks 8:59 PM  

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Greg Weeks 1:11 PM  

But in either case (and legal or illegal) it means sending countries have an increasing stake in the immigration policy of the receiving countries. E.g. Latin American governments are becoming more and more concerned about what might happen in the U.S.

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