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... sending countries can also be profoundly affected - both positively and negatively . The chief ben- efit is financial , as emigrants transfer their earnings back to their home com- munities more than US $ 65 billion per year ...
... sending countries can also be profoundly affected - both positively and negatively . The chief ben- efit is financial , as emigrants transfer their earnings back to their home com- munities more than US $ 65 billion per year ...
Page 109
... sending country . In the Philippines a teacher earns around $ 100 per month while as a domestic worker in Europe she would earn at least $ 300 per month . These wage differentials can trigger complex international flows of domestic ...
... sending country . In the Philippines a teacher earns around $ 100 per month while as a domestic worker in Europe she would earn at least $ 300 per month . These wage differentials can trigger complex international flows of domestic ...
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... sending countries - even though , paradoxically , in the short term this is likely to increase migration rather than reduce it.2 Other countries , includ- ing Switzerland and Sweden , have also been examining this issue . In 1990 the ...
... sending countries - even though , paradoxically , in the short term this is likely to increase migration rather than reduce it.2 Other countries , includ- ing Switzerland and Sweden , have also been examining this issue . In 1990 the ...
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20 per cent abroad Africa America Arab areas Argentina arrivals Asia Asian asylum Australia average Bangladesh Belgium border British Canada Caribbean Census Chinese citizens Côte d'Ivoire coun cultural developing countries domestic workers earn economic emigration employers employment estimated ethnic European countries example Federal Republic Figure flows foreign-born France Government groups higher Hong Kong illegal immigrants immi immigrant workers increase Indian industrialized countries investment Italy Japan Japanese jus sanguinis jus soli Koreans labour force language large numbers largest numbers levels major Malaysia Mexican Mexico Middle East million Muslim native Netherlands overseas particularly Philippines plantations population proportion receiving countries recent recruitment refugees relatively remittances Republic of Germany Republic of Korea sending countries shortages skilled SOPEMI/OECD Source South Africa Soviet Union Spain Stanton Russell Taiwan China tend tion unemployed United Kingdom unskilled visas wages Western Europe women workforce