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<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Remittances from migrant workers to the poorer countries of the world continue to be one of the major drivers of international development.

The amount returned to developing countries by expatriate workers, at more than $160 billion (?82bn), is far higher than the total aid budget spent by the developed world on developing countries, which runs at around $100 billion (?51bn) a year. </div>

<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">But many migrant workers live outside the law, perhaps up to 20% of the immigrant population worldwide and almost one-third of non-citizens in the US.

They cannot benefit from health and safety rules designed to protect employees.</div>

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6183803.stm

does anybody have a home these days?
 

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