Dakar – Remittances from immigrants in the province of Milan in 2014 fell from $675 million to $607 million, -10% in a year. The crisis affected especially remittances to China (-51.3%), with €79 million ranking as second largest destination after the Philippines, with €95 million (-8.9%). Remittances to Peru and Romania, respectively third and fourth destination countries, growi by 8.3% and 2.9% respectively, while Sri Lanka (+ 12.2%), Bangladesh (+ 11.5%) and Senegal (+ 7.5%) perform well, much like Russia, to which remittances doubled from €2.6 million to €4.2 million. Generally, remittances to developing countries between 2013 and 2014 responded better to the crisis, increasing by €7 million, and exceeding €284 million in 2014. This is the data that emerged from an evaluation of the Chamber of Commerce of Milan on the register of companies in 2015 and 2014, Istat and Bank of Italy data in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009, and World Bank data for 2015. (9colonne)
