World Bank data suggest that the UK is a net remittance-receiver

[Hello_10]

World Bank data suggest that the UK is a net remittance-receiver

The UK is a receiver as well as a sender of remittances. As shown in Figure 1, the World Bank estimates suggest that since the mid-1990s the UK has been a net-remittance receiver. The main countries from which remittances are sent to the UK include Australia, the United States and Canada (World Bank 2010). Real remittance inflows (inflation adjusted) for the UK have increased by an annual average of 6% since 1989, reaching close to GBP 4,647 million in 2009. However, these inflows represent a small share of the UK GDP (about 0.3% in 2009). The UK occupies the fourteenth place in the world in value of remittances received and the sixth place in Europe.

From 1989 to 2009, remittance outflows from the UK increased by an annual average of about 4% in real terms, reaching close to GBP 2,352 million in 2009.

The UK accounted for around 7% of annual remittances to Bangladesh in 2010 (about GBP 533 million) and about 10% of annual remittances to Pakistan during that year (about GBP 627 million)

Bangladesh and Pakistan occupy the seventh and eleventh positions respectively in terms of the global inflow of remittances

Migrant Remittances to and from the UK | The Migration Observatory

its interesting to see that out of total GBP 2,352 million remittance outflows from Britain, around GBP 1.16bil goes to just two countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh. while Britain itself is the 14th largest receiver of remittances from the world right now and Pakistan and Bangladesh on 7th and 11th place?

 

[Hello_10]

its interesting to see that out of total GBP 2,352 million remittance outflows from Britain, around GBP 1.16bil goes to just two countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh. while Britain itself is the 14th largest receiver of remittances from the world right now and Pakistan and Bangladesh on 7th and 11th place?

my this post is just to discuss the topic. thanks

It is interesting to see that even if most of the Indian high qualified professionals do White collar jobs and earn almost twice to the locals of US/EU, their per capita remittances is very less as compare to Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants, even if most of the migrants of these two nations are low wage workers in West only…………

According to a 2007 census report, there were as many as 2,765,815 persons of Indian origin living in the United states, constituting 0.9% of the total U.S. population. The median household income for US residents born in India is $91,195 against a $50,740 average for the total population, a recent US survey has revealed. According to the same report, the overall median household income for foreign- born and native US residents is $46,881 and $51,249 respectively.

Indian Americans: The fastest growing and the highest income group

Pakistan-born immigrants are the new face of poverty in urban Canada. The Canadian census revealed that 44 per cent of Pakistan-born immigrants fell below the poverty line making them the second most poverty prone group of immigrants in Canada.

The latest Census data for income for 2005 revealed that Pakistan-born immigrants reported the second highest incidence for the low-income cut-off, a proxy for poverty line in Canada. In comparison, only 18 per cent of India-born immigrants in Canada reported being a low-income person or belonging to a low-income economic family.

Pakistani-Canadians: Falling below the poverty line | DAWN.COM

 

[Redbull]

But are you not mixing Canada UK and USA?

 

[Hello_10]

But are you not mixing Canada UK and USA?

Actually sir yesterday I read the news about Britain, how they receive the remittances twice than outflow and out of that, around half goes to just one country, Pakistan, if we consider Bangladesh as East Pakistan as we know that most of these migrants went there before 1971. And then I remember a news on dawn newspaper that Pakistani migrants of Canada are put on the second in low income group. and yesterday I again remembered that Indian migrants were ranked the highest income group in US, and then I posted these 3 news here . With a sense that remittances Pakistan receive are around twice 'per capita' than Indian migrants, as what I have discussed on many places before. and then i posted these news here

Im not doing any research on this topic but yes there are few similarities among US, UK, Canada and few differences also. About US, then it is filled with those Indian engineers/ doctors/ management professionals who are doing white collar jobs so its obvious that their salaries would be at least twice to the US’s locals there, as per the census 2007 also. And yes countries like Canada, Australia also invite high skilled migrants to fill skill requirements but their companies are not as big/high ranked as US’s so obviously high qualified migrants there won’t be rewarded with very high salaries like how Indian professionals get from US’s technological companies..........

But about UK, then India was always considered as an enemy of Britain, during British Raj and afterward also, while Pakistan was in their group. Even Mr Gandhi used to openly boycott British goods, openly called for Quit India Movement etc, while Mr Jinnah used to oppose those efforts of Mr Gandhi. India celebrated freedom from Britain after a long struggle while Mr Jinnah served as Governor General of Britain till his end. And it all gave Pakistan’s nationals a good ground to prove themselves loyal to Britain, and they migrated there in mass, and Bangladesh was also a part of Pakistan during those days. Even in 1971, Britain formally sent its aircraft carrier 'Eagle' to attack on India, along with US’s aircraft carrier, but they couldn’t due to SU’s allies with India. bla bla........ so we would definitely consider Britain little different than US and Canada as Britain has most of those Pakistan’s origin migrants due to their alignment with Britain since before 1947 also

I would welcome contribution from your side on this topic with other references to make this topic more interesting. Thanks

 

[53fd]

Pakistani immigrants in the US do very well, & they are one of the most well-off ethnic groups in the US. As compared to the US, the UK & Canada have easier immigration rules, so the Pakistani immigrants in those countries don't do as well as the Pakistani immigrants in the US.

And the other interesting thing is, eastern Asian people live in higher poverty levels than Pakistanis, & eastern Asian countries are more well-developed than many countries in the world.

And btw, what is the poverty line on the basis of which these results have been generated?

 

[Hello_10]

Pakistani immigrants in the US do very well, & they are one of the most well-off ethnic groups in the US. As compared to the US, the UK & Canada have easier immigration rules, so the Pakistani immigrants in those countries don't do as well as the Pakistani immigrants in the US.

And the other interesting thing is, eastern Asian people live in higher poverty levels than Pakistanis, & eastern Asian countries are more well-developed than many countries in the world.

And btw, what is the poverty line on the basis of which these results have been generated?

its true as Pakistan was always ranked as a NATO's ally, political attitude of Pakistan's nationals were always matching NATO countries even since before 1947 till Cold War also but the things changed mainly during last 5-6 years of War On Terror, which reduced Pakistans image in Western countries and they face 71% decline in immigration to Canada, as per the same article of Dawn. I lived in Australia for over 10 years and people there people say that getting visa for an Indian national or Russian men to US/UK/Canada/Australia type countries was harder next to North Korea, Iran. only for Russian girls, getting visa for them was similar to east European girls

US companies dont give visa for charity and only those professionals go there who may prove themselves worth enough to develop high techs for US's firms, whether Indian or Pakistani or any other nationals so you are correct that per capita income of Pakistani migrants would be higher in US


also its true that the ratio of people living in poverty line in Pakistan is much less than many of other South Asian nations including India. i give you a logical arguments as below:

agriculture has only 17% share in Indian GDP while over 50% of its population in dependent on agriculture sector? while in Pakistan, only 40% of its population is dependent on agriculture while its share is 21% in Pakistan's GDP? this simply means almost half of the Indian population dependent on agriculture, around 300mil, would fall below poverty line while that of Pakistan, would definitely lesser in ratio than that of India

India has a bigger ratio of Middle Income People than Pakistan but also India has a bigger ratio of poor than Pakistan too. it may be the reason why Indian government gives much higher subsidies to its farmers, over 100 times as compare to Pakistan, I guess............

As per statistics, India provides around Rs855 billion subsidy to its farmers to reduce their production cost, whereas Pakistan hardly spends Rs8 billion in this regard.

MFN status to ruin agriculture, industry alike | The Nation

 

[Hello_10]

And the other interesting thing is, eastern Asian people live in higher poverty levels than Pakistanis, & eastern Asian countries are more well-developed than many countries in the world.

And btw, what is the poverty line on the basis of which these results have been generated?

It was from "Census data for income for 2005", as per the article.

I may share my experience with you here. I found too many 'refugees' from Vietnam, Burma type countries in Australia, because of Civil Wars there in 80s/90s they got easy refugee visas in West and then full citizenship. and also migrants of Indonesia were in big number in Australia but if you have a look on 'boat people' problem of Australia, right now either Afghanistanis or Indonesians go to Australia by boat. I even find daily newspaper of Indonesia in Australia also. I guess there will be the similar thing in Canada about the Eastern Aisan Countries there as migrants who were first refugees just can't work on good positions

 

[Hello_10]

Pakistani immigrants in the US do very well, & they are one of the most well-off ethnic groups in the US. As compared to the US, the UK & Canada have easier immigration rules, so the Pakistani immigrants in those countries don't do as well as the Pakistani immigrants in the US.

And the other interesting thing is, eastern Asian people live in higher poverty levels than Pakistanis, & eastern Asian countries are more well-developed than many countries in the world.

And btw, what is the poverty line on the basis of which these results have been generated?

here I got a news on this topic stating Pakistani migrants earnig higher than US's nationals, as below:

According to the 2010 U.S. Census, Indian Americans had the highest household income of all ethnic groups in the United States.

Median Household Income: 2010

Household Income

Indians $90,711

Iranian $64,366

Egyptian $60,098

Pakistani $59,557

Non-Hispanic White $52,480

Total US Population $50,046

Indian American - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Hello_10]

its interesting to see that out of total GBP 2,352 million remittance outflows from Britain, around GBP 1.16bil goes to just two countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh. while Britain itself is the 14th largest receiver of remittances from the world right now and Pakistan and Bangladesh on 7th and 11th place?

I didnt want to make any comment on the religious aspect of this news, but there is something I noticed, that is, a comparison between Muslim religious background Pakistan's nationals with Christian religious background Philippines as below: (does WOT taking toll on Pakistani people living in West?) should Pakistani nationals get converted to Christianity like Philippines to improve these datas, Im just asking

Here we have one more news in this category, which states that Pakistani and Bangladeshi people face the highest rate of visa rejection from British embassy, so we would assume the same for Canada, Australia type countries also, which is also confirmed by the news about the highest fall of migrants from Pakistan to Canada, as compare to highest gain by Christian religious backgroud Philipinnes………

then here, is it because Pakistani and East Pakistani origins account for half of the remittances outflow from Britain, why UK/Canada,Australia type countries now dont want Pakistani people?

Pakistani rules would always be cleared with their talks with the British and British origin rulers of UK/Canada/Australia etc that even since the birth of Pakistan in 1947, Pakistan was promised for full support from Britain and it was the main reason why Mr Jinnah always supported Britain to resist Mr Gandhi’s efforts to boycott British products in India/ Quit India movement etc, and also he served as Governor General of Britain also till his death. Refusing visa applictaions of Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants is nothing but their betrayal to Pakistan and East Pakistani nationals. Pakistani rulers would confirm to the British rulers that Pakistani nationals deserve to be treated by them in similar to Australian and Canadian origins who were always loyal to Britain and refusing entry of Pakistan’s/Bangladesh’s nationals to UK/Australia/Canada is nothing but its about stabbing Pakistan’s nationals in their back……........

British Queen and Prince Charles must come clean about their changed attitude about Islamic background Pakistan/Bangladesh and the reason why they fovor Philipinnes’s christian people as compare to long time loyals of Pakistan and East Pakistan??????????????????????

It is relevant to mention here that 41 percent visa applications of Pakistanis belonging to different walks of life were rejected by the UK during last year.

According to the British Home Office Statistics, as quoted by the BBC, the second largest, 31 percent, after Pakistan were Bangladeshi visa applicants who were refused the visa while only 14 percent Indian visa applicants were refused during the last year.

Highest percentage of visa refusal | The Nation

 

[Hello_10]

its interesting to see that out of total GBP 2,352 million remittance outflows from Britain, around GBP 1.16bil goes to just two countries, Pakistan and Bangladesh. while Britain itself is the 14th largest receiver of remittances from the world right now and Pakistan and Bangladesh on 7th and 11th place?

is there any news about increase in remittances to Britain to cover their widening trade deficit?

The Office for National Statistics said the UK’s trade-in-goods deficit widened from £8.7bn in March to £10.1bn in April, with car exports down markedly because of weaker demand from buyers outside the eurozone, according to Friday’s release. The decline in car exports to the US, China and Russia was particularly notable.

UK trade deficit widens in April - FT.com

 

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[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Hard working people transfer money from Britain to Pakistan
Pakistani Politicians and high power officials , move the black money form Pakistan to UK where they have posh condos

Makes complete sense , I mean otherwise what does britain has anyways

Even soccer clubs are owned by Arabs now

 

[Baby Leone]

Idiotic thread

with no sir and peir....

 

[Hello_10]

Idiotic thread

with no sir and peir....

please explain how? Britain is of equal size to the country like Bangladesh and ranked as remittance-receiver close to Bangladesh itself, please check post #1, (Bangladesh ranked 11 and Britain ranked 14). and here, as trade deficit of Britain is widening, post #10, then it is a logical question whether there was any increase in remittances or not to cover their widening trade deficit? whats wrong in this thread

 

[Hello_10]

Hard working people transfer money from Britain to Pakistan
Pakistani Politicians and high power officials , move the black money form Pakistan to UK where they have posh condos

Makes complete sense , I mean otherwise what does britain has anyways

Even soccer clubs are owned by Arabs now

its true. hard working high qualified people of developing countries are helping these nations have high techs, pay high taxes as they fall in high income group too, and then they send little bit to that family who paid for the education of those high qualified people, most of those who earned their degrees from these western countries itself through the money they brought from their family. and at the same time these western b@stards use these high techs to rob the developing countries itself, by enslaving politicians of developing countries. there is a flow of billions every years from developing countries through the corrupt politicians, enslaved by US/UK/West

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