Ani Silwal's blog

• Kenya launches diaspora bond (Aug. 31)


• US State Dept. official on role of Somali diaspora during drought in Horn of Africa (Aug. 31)


• As Refugees From Haiti Linger, Dominicans’ Good Will Fades (Aug. 31)

• UK: Net immigration in 2010 grows by 21% (Aug. 25)


• Dominican Rep: Fee-free money transfers after Hurricane Irene (Aug. 25)

The Economist: How poor countries can tap emigrants’ savings (Aug. 20)

U.S. Alters Policy on Deporting Immigrants (Aug. 19)

UK Home Office stripping more dual-nationality Britons of citizenship (Aug. 15) 

Rwanda: Bank of Kigali Waives Money Transfer Charges for the Diaspora (Aug. 15)

Pakistan Expats nervous about remittances as dollar dips (Aug 16)

Pinoys abroad tapped to improve MSME in PH (Aug 19)

• China biggest source of migrants to Australia (Aug. 11, 2011)


• Russia changes its migration policy (Aug. 11, 2011) 


• Remittances to Pakistan rise 39% to $1.1b in July (Aug. 10, 2011)

• In Tijuana, deported migrants struggle to survive (Aug. 5, 2011)


• US: Farmers Oppose G.O.P. Bill on Immigration (Jul. 30, 2011)


• Kenya's remittances up 37% in June, at 5-year high (Aug. 5, 2011)


• Student visa applications for Australia from India down 63 per cent (Aug. 3, 2011)


• Malaysia starts amnesty for illegal foreign labor (Aug. 1, 2011)

• US: Senators Push for High-skill Immigration Reform (July 26, 2011)


• Migrants put remittances on hold amidst rising home currencies (July 27, 2011)


• Shift in Europe Seen in Debate on Immigrants (July 27, 2011)

• US: Deportations Of Immigrants Hits Record Number Under Obama Administration (July 22, 2011)


• Philippines looks for solution to Saudi Arabia's new labour policy  (July 22, 2011)


• Uganda: Government plans stringent migration policies (July 21, 2011)

• UK proposes minimum income threshold to bringing spouses from overseas (July 13, 2011)


• Crisis Slowed Migration to Industrialized Nations (July 13, 2011)


• Cameroon to allow diaspora to vote in next poll (July 10, 2011)

• Better Lives for Mexicans Cut Allure of Going North (July 6, 2011)


• Kenya to launch diaspora bonds, eyes $600 mln this year (July 8, 2011)


• US: Illegal immigration crackdown impacts harvests (July 1, 2011)


• Bangladesh: Remittance received $11.5b last fiscal year (July 5, 2011)


• Government to give cell phones to Indonesian migrant workers (July 8, 2011)

• UK: Business leaders defend employment of migrant workers (July 1, 2011)


• Nepal: Foreign employment bond fails second year in a row (June 26, 2011)


• Indonesia Imposes Moratorium on Sending Workers to Saudi Arabia (June 24, 2011)