World Bank Releases its Migration and Remittance Trends 2009 Report

Posted on November 5, 2009 by mexicoinstitute

World Bank, 11/5/09
Duration of Mexican migration has increased–return rate has declined–as controls have been tightened at the US-Mexico border.
Remittance flows to South Asia grew strongly in 2008 despite the global economic crisis, but now there are risks that they may slow down in a lagged response to a weak global economy. East Asia [...]

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Gunmen Kill U.S. Airman in Attack on Bar in Mexico

Posted on November 5, 2009 by mexicoinstitute

The Associated Press, 11/5/09
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A gang of gunmen killed an off-duty U.S. airman and five other people early Wednesday at a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said.
Meanwhile, gunmen assassinated an army general recently named police chief of Garcia, a town in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. [...]

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