Remittance Logjams

ACORN International Citizen Wealth Remittances

Little Rock   Immigrants to the United States, Canada, and Europe from Somalia, Bangladesh, Haiti, and Nigeria where banking systems are unstable or virtually nonexistent are about to face expensive and difficult burdens as more banks curtail money transfer services for fear of running afoul of thorny terrorism regulations.   The British-based bank, Barclays, has announced that …

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The Problem of Remittances and Financial Literacy for Immigrants

ACORN International Citizen Wealth Financial Justice Immigration Reform Remittances

Atlanta   I got lucky and five students, now calling themselves the ACORN International Team at Georgia State University, picked as their major project at the GSU School of Social Work helping us develop information and support for our Remittance Justice Campaign.   We assembled at a Nepalese restaurant in an Atlanta neighborhood that is at the …

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Rap Comes to Remittance Justice Campaign

ACORN International Canada Financial Justice Remittances

New Orleans   On ACORN International’s Remittance Justice Campaign too often “civilians,” regular citizens, don’t have a clue about the predatory costs of moving money backwards and forward between where families and workers are now and their home country.   All of this made it exciting to get emails in recent days from ACORN Canada organizers, Jill …

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