World Jul 18 Hear from Somali immigrants who fear being unable to send money back home By Mori Rothman
World Jul 18 Watch 9:53 How U.S. regulation may keep remittances from some Somali families According to community leaders in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 80 percent of the Somali-Americans there send money back to East Africa. Aid groups say 40 percent of Somalia’s population relies on those dollars -- known as remittances -- to survive. But recently,… By Elisabeth Ponsot
World Jul 15 Are remittances sent from the U.S. ending up in terrorist hands? For the economies of many poor countries, remittances from the U.S. -- cash that immigrants send back home -- are a lifeline. In some countries, this money is critical to keeping the economy going. But could these money transfers be… By P. J. Tobia
World Apr 13 How migrants control one of the world’s most powerful economic engines Migrants sent $436 billion in remittances to the developing world in 2014, according to a new report from the World Bank. That's far more than what the world's wealthiest nations spent in official development assistance. By Laura Santhanam