Since the lockdown was established in India, expatriates are unable to send money home. Millions of families depend on this only source of funding to live. Moreover, prices are increasing with the pandemic and families are very vulnerable.
In the Girish family, the mother and her son live in Kerala, south-west India, while her husband works in Dubaï as an engineer. The father was changing jobs when the lockdown was declared. He was not able to start his new job neither to contact the company. The situation is very frustrating. They know they have plenty of things to pay, but are unable to withdraw cash from the bank! Unlike many other families the mother works as a lawyer but her autistic son requires special care. She has to get by on a lower income like many in Kerala.
Nearly 800 million people benefit from migrant’s money according to the United Nations. And that’s not just engineers’ families… Moreover, this money helps the country to develop and had increased dramatically for a few decades, reaching $554bn in 2019, three times the combined global foreign aid budget.
In the Girish family, the mother and her son live in Kerala, south-west India, while her husband works in Dubaï as an engineer. The father was changing jobs when the lockdown was declared. He was not able to start his new job neither to contact the company. The situation is very frustrating. They know they have plenty of things to pay, but are unable to withdraw cash from the bank! Unlike many other families the mother works as a lawyer but her autistic son requires special care. She has to get by on a lower income like many in Kerala.
Nearly 800 million people benefit from migrant’s money according to the United Nations. And that’s not just engineers’ families… Moreover, this money helps the country to develop and had increased dramatically for a few decades, reaching $554bn in 2019, three times the combined global foreign aid budget.
Les Familles menacées
Depuis le début du confinement en Inde, les travailleurs émigrés ne peuvent plus envoyer d’argent à leur famille. Pourtant, des millions de familles dépendent de cette unique source de revenus pour vivre. De plus, les prix ont fortement augmenté avec la pandémie et ces familles sont très vulnérables.
Dans le cas de la famille Girich, la mère vit avec son fils dans le Kerala dans le sud-ouest de l’Inde pendant que son mari travaille à Dubaï comme ingénieur. Le père était en plein changement professionnel quand le confinement a été déclaré. Il n’a pu commencer son nouveau travail ni contacter l’entreprise. La situation est des plus frustrantes. Alors qu’ils ont beaucoup de frais et une famille à nourrir, un poste à occuper, ils sont dans l’impossibilité de retirer quoique ce soit à la banque. Heureusement pour eux, la mère est avocate, mais elle doit faire garder son fils qui est autiste. Elle a donc un salaire réduit...comme beaucoup dans cette région.
Près de 800 millions de gens bénéficient de ces envois d’argent de l’étranger selon les Nations Unies. Et ce ne sont pas que des familles d’ingénieurs… De plus ces flux financiers développent le pays et augmentent depuis des décennies, près de 554 milliards en 2019, trois fois le budget de l’aide internationale.
Eva C
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52506797
