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Migration and Remittances News Roundup: Nov 30, 2012

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  1. Global remittance flows to developing countries estimated to cross $400 billion in 2012
  2. At global conference on migration and development, hosted by Mauritius, UN official highlights role of migration in promoting development
  3. US Consumer Finance Protection Bureau Proposed changes to the remittance rule and an extension of the rule’s effective date
  4. Annual net migration to UK falls below 200,000, mainly because of the fall in the number of foreign nationals studying in the UK

Migration and Remittances News Roundup - Nov 23, 2011

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  1. Migration and business: Weaving the world together (Economist, Nov 19)
  2. EU: More migrants needed to fill jobs of future (Associated Press, Nov 18)
  3. Bolivian migrants ride out hard times (Washington Post, Nov. 18)
  4. Diasporas: Mapping Migration (Economist, Nov. 17)
  5. World Bank, AU introduce Africa remittance price database (AllAfrica.com, Nov 21)
  6. Remittances to Latin America, Caribbean are rising again (Miami Herald, Nov 14)
  7. Workers remittances to Pakistan rise 23% in July-Oct (Daily Times, Nov 15)
  8. Poles sent €5.5bn in earnings back home since 2004 (The Independent, Nov 14)

Migration and Remittances News Roundup - Nov 11, 2011

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  1. Why I Left India (Again) (New York Times, Oct 22)
  2. Rwanda Gov’t to issue first ever Diaspora bond (New Times, Nov 11)
  3. Medvedev announces requirements for migrants (Vestnik Kavkaza, Nov 10)
  4. Thai floods cut off Burma's remittance life-line (Radio Australia, Nov 9)
  5. Toronto ACORN Calls For 5% Cap on Remittance Fees (MarketWire, Nov 9)
  6. Kenya remittances up 45 pct yr/yr in Sept (Reuters Africa Nov 8)
  7. Remittances to Mexico Show Peso Rebound May Fuel Debt Rally (Bloomberg Businessweek Nov 4)
  8. Nigeria to issue diaspora bond in 2012 (Reuters Africa, Nov 3)

Migration and Remittances News Roundup - Oct 21, 2011

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  1. Alert sounded on ‘environmental migration’ (Financial Times Oct 20)
  2. Dominican Republic to deport thousands of illegal immigrants under new plan (Washington Post Oct 19)
  3. Foreign exchange transactions made easier for Non-Resident Indians (Hindu Business Line Oct 15)
  4. Parts of Alabama immigration law blocked by federal appeals court (CNN Oct 14)
  5. Australia Drops Asylum Deal with Malaysia (Wall Street Journal Oct 14)
  6. At the Border, on the Night Watch (New York Times Oct 12)

Migration and Remittances News Roundup - Oct 7, 2011

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  1. Members of the Kenyan diaspora aim for change (Washington Post Oct 7)
  2. Global Seagulls and the New Reality of Immigration (New York Times Oct 6)
  3. Remittances to Vietnam Thru July Rose 43 Percent to $5.6 Billion (Bloomberg BusinessWeek Oct 6)
  4. Global meeting for cut in migration cost (Daily Star Oct 5)
  5. Remittances to Mexico Surge 9.2 pct in August (Fox News Oct 4)

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