EU: Migrants lift millions out of poverty, new report shows

More than 200 million migrant workers are now supporting an estimated 800 million family members globally, as migrants send home 51 per cent more money than a decade ago, according to a report by the UN's Rome-based International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). "The small amounts ... that each migrant sends home ... makes an enormous difference,” said IFAD president Gilbert F. Houngbo.

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