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Cutting the lifeline to Honduras
Money sent home by Honduran migrant workers provides a lifeline for thousands of families. But jobs are drying up and the effects are being felt in Honduras.
Money sent home by migrant workers provides a lifeline for millions of the world's poorest people. So the global economic crisis has had a dramatic effect on families in the developing world.
In Honduras, remittances have long been the main source of foreign currency. But now that money is drying up.
Assignment hears from Honduran migrant workers in the US who are struggling to find jobs - and from their impoverished families back home.
Producer: Vera Frankl
An IGA production for 成人快手 World Service.
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