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Nearly half a trillion dollars.
That's how much money migrant workers send back to their home countries each year, according to a new report by a United Nations agency.
Global remittances were worth more than $445 billion in 2016, representing an increase of 51% over the past decade, the UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said.
That total is expected to rise by another $5 billion this year, when IFAD predicts one in seven people globally will either send or receive money earned abroad.
Around 200 million migrant workers currently support 800 million family members back home, the report said.
