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Immigrants are still sending lots of money home despite the coronavirus job losses – for now

  • Written by Laura Caron, PhD student in Economics, Columbia University
Immigrants are still sending lots of money home despite the coronavirus job losses – for nowA woman counts money outside a U.S. remittance collection agency in San Isidro, El Salvador.Marvin Recinos/AFP via Getty Images

Banks and aid agencies have been warning of a pandemic-related plunge in the amount of money sent by migrants to family back home who rely on the income. In a typical year, more than 270 million migrants living and working...

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