60 206. Facilitation and reduction of the cost of transfer of migrant remittances

Noting that, despite some recent initiatives to facilitate and to reduce the costs of remittance transfers, the costs incurred by migrants remain high and could be reduced,

workers remittances 2.2 .

It is only with remittances from migrants that these economies manage to remain afloat, amounting to 10 of Guatemala s GDP and nearly 17 of El Salvador s.

2. Encourages Governments and other relevant stakeholders to consider adopting measures, in accordance with national legislation, that facilitate migrant remittance flows to recipient countries, including through, inter alia

3. Invites development partners and relevant international organizations to support developing countries in their capacity building efforts to facilitate the flows of migrant remittances

63. We reaffirm the need to adopt policies and undertake measures to reduce the cost of transferring migrant remittances to developing countries and welcome efforts by Governments and stakeholders in this regard.

1. Reaffirms the importance of reducing the transfer costs of migrant remittances, facilitating their flow and, as appropriate, encouraging opportunities for development oriented investment in recipient countries by beneficiaries that are willing and able to do so

Migrant children

Banknote production and stocks

56 170. Protection of migrants

57 218. Protection of migrants

55 92. Protection of migrants

58 190. Protection of migrants

59 194. Protection of migrants

60 169. Protection of migrants

61 165. Protection of migrants

62 156. Protection of migrants

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The Responsibility to Protect Migrants

Assistance to vulnerable migrants

(a) Simplifying procedures and facilitating access to formal means of remittance transfers

In 2014, remittances by migrants to developing countries amounted to an estimated 436 billion a sum that dwarfs the annual total that the international community spends on official development aid.

Migrants remittances alone, which the World Bank estimates will total 586 billion this year, represent a tremendous growth opportunity for companies competing with banks to move money.

One viewer, Diana Lopez, felt it was the migrants' fault

According to recent data, remittances have slowed or even fallen slightly.

Necessary Migrants

Realizing the benefits that international migration can bring to migrants, their families, the receiving societies and their communities of origin and the need for countries of origin, transit and destination to ensure that migrants, including migrant workers, are not subject to exploitation of any kind and the need to ensure that the human rights and dignity of all migrants and their families, in particular of women migrant workers, are respected and protected,

And migrants from Poland, Italy, or France are much more likely than those from Somalia, Syria, or India to return home eventually.

For the Dutch disease and a rentier spirit prevail in WANA, and have affected oil producing and non oil producing countries, ranging from migrant workers remittances and financial investment flows from the oil countries (mainly into real estate) to stock exchange bubbles and foreign aid.

5. Invites interested countries to voluntarily convey to the Secretary General information on their practices, initiatives and proposals in regard to the facilitation and the reduction of the cost of migrant remittances, in the context of the preparation of the Secretary General's comprehensive overview for the High level Dialogue.

Bearing in mind the need for a focused and consistent approach towards migrants as a specific vulnerable group, in particular migrant women and children,

Traditionally, nearly half of India s trade deficit has been financed by remittances from Indian expatriates.

But a diaspora s potential economic importance goes well beyond remittances.

Also concerned that the smuggling of migrants can endanger the lives or security of the migrants involved,

Among the 200 million migrant workers, 60 percent of them are young people.

Die in protest to support migrants, Strasbourg, April 25, 2015.

Die in protest to support migrants, Strasbourg, April 25, 2015.

(a) The smuggling of migrants

12. Encourages all States to remove obstacles that may prevent the safe, unrestricted and expeditious transfer of remittances of migrants to their country of origin or to any other countries, in conformity with applicable legislation, and to consider, as appropriate, measures to solve other problems that may impede such transfers

15. Encourages all States to remove obstacles that may prevent the safe, unrestricted and expeditious transfer of remittances of migrants to their country of origin or to any other countries, in conformity with applicable legislation, and to consider, as appropriate, measures to solve other problems that may impede such transfers

Here, too, Honduras is in the lead, with remittances accounting for 18 of its economy.

Bearing in mind also the need for a focused and consistent approach towards migrants as a specific vulnerable group, in particular migrant women and children,

And of course, we must ensure the wellbeing of the migrants themselves.

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