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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in his message on International Day of Family Remittances, 16 June 2019, said remittances are three times greater than Official Development Assistance and surpass Foreign Direct Investment.
The full text of his message reads as follows:
The International Day of Family Remittances highlights the contributions that more than 200 million migrant workers make every day to improve the lives of their families and communities back home.
Family remittances have a direct impact on the lives of 1 billion people -- one out of seven individuals on earth. Added together, remittances are three times greater than Official Development Assistance and surpass Foreign Direct Investment.
That makes remittances a driver of economic growth and a powerful force in helping families reduce poverty and strengthen resilience in the face of uncertainty. As such, they are also important tools in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals.
These critical contributions are recognized by the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration, which recommends specific actions to maximize the impact of remittances.
Indeed, migrants are essential both to the economic well-being of developed countries and their countries of origin.
And it is in small towns, rural villages and urban neighbourhoods that remittances make the greatest impact, including by helping to make migration a choice, not a necessity, for future generations.
On this International Day, we recognize the importance of family remittances to inclusivity, global prosperity and a more equal world.
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