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UN chief calls for supporting migrants as remittances drop

MM News Staff by MM News Staff
June 16, 2020
NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for supporting migrants as the World Bank projected that remittances will fall by about 20 percent due to the coronavirus-induced economic crisis.
Marking the International Day of Family Remittances, which is being observed today, the UN chief recognised the determination of the 200 million migrants who regularly send money home, and 800 million families, in communities throughout the developing world, who depend on those resources.
In his message on the occasion, the UN chief appealed for people everywhere to support migrants, at a time when remittances have fallen by more than $100 billion, causing hunger, lost schooling and deteriorating health for tens of millions of families.
Following a record $554 billion sent home by migrants in 2019, the World Bank estimated, in April, that the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting shutdown, would cause the “sharpest decline in remittances in recent history,” and projected a fall of 19.7 percent.
Millions of migrant workers have lost their jobs, pushing dependent families below the poverty line. In order to help migrants, the UN chief called for a reduction in remittance transfer costs, financial services for migrants and their families and the promotion of financial inclusion for a more secure and stable future.
Such measures are proposed in the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, described by Guterres as a “key platform for action.”
Earlier this month, Guterres launched a UN policy briefing on the protection of “people on the move,” in which he referred to the socio-economic crisis facing migrants, especially those working in the informal sector who have no access to protection schemes,
He said the drop in remittances equates to “nearly three-quarters of all official development assistance that is no longer being sent back home to the 800 million people who depend on it.”
The UN chief also called for human dignity to be upheld in the face of the crisis, suggesting that lessons can be learned from those countries which have implemented travel restrictions and border controls while respecting international principles on refugee protection.
The International Day of Family Remittances is a universally-recognised observance adopted by the UN General Assembly. The day recognises the contribution of migrants to improve the lives of their family members back home and to create a better future for their children.
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