Coronavirus threatens Philippines’ ‘economic lifeline’ of OFW remittances | South China Morning Post
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►https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3084642/coronavirus-threatens-philippines-economic-lifeline-ofw
An estimated US$30 billion was sent home by overseas Filipino workers in 2019 – a figure that could be set to plummet by up to 20 per cent
Thousands of workers who lost their jobs in the wake of the pandemic are now returning home to uncertainty and economic hardship