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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9544
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In 2006 EU migrants sent €26bn to third countries

Luxembourg, 15/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - According to the results of a statistical survey carried out by Eurostat that was published on 13 November, the money sent by migrants to their former country of residence from the EU27 member states, usually referred to as workers' remittances, amounted to €26 billion in 2006, compared with €23bn in 2005. These statistics include intra-EU and extra-EU flows. Flows to other member states accounted for a much lower share than flows to countries...

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