Women migrants aid poor countries."The international community only recently has begun to grasp how much migrant mi·grant n. 1. One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan. 2. An itinerant worker who travels from one area to another in search of work. adj. Migratory. women contribute to the world economy and the social well-being of the population in their home countries," the UN World Population Fund states. Remittances
Remittances are transfers of money by foreign workers to their home countries. of women migrants are a major source of economic development funds, the UN World Population funds point out in its report, Passage to Hope. Women and International Migration. Approximately 190 million immigrants send approximately 232 billion dollars back to relatives in their home countries or other places of residence (e.g. refugee refugee, one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum; this article considers only mass dislocations and the organizations that help refugees. camps). Women contribute most of the amounts remitted. The report notes that: * Migrants' total remittances were larger than the official development assistance provided by donor The party conferring a power. One who makes a gift. One who creates a trust. donor n. a person or entity making a gift or donation. DONOR. He who makes a gift. (q.v.) countries. * International migration has resulted in a brain drain brain drain n. The loss of skilled intellectual and technical labor through the movement of such labor to more favorable geographic, economic, or professional environments. for health care personnel. Developed countries, where the ageing population requires more medical personnel, benefit from this migration. While developing countries have tried to stop the flow of skilled woman migrants, the demands for nurses and doctors has continued to grow in wealthy countries. Nurse shortages in Canada, the World Health Organization, predicts it will reach 40,000 in the next four to five years. |
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