Every year on June 16, the world celebrates a young but important event – International Day of Family Remittances. This date was first celebrated in 2015 at a large-scale political forum in Milan. Later, in 2018, the United Nations officially confirmed the event, after which it gained international status.

The purpose of the International Day of Family Remittances

Labor migration is a very common phenomenon these days. Often one of the family members moves to another country for better earnings and provides for his relatives by sending them remittances.

the purpose Day of family remittances there is the involvement of society in cooperation for the effective use of financial resources of countries; drawing attention to the positive role of migrant workers, who contribute to the development and financial well-being not only of their own families, but also of the countries where they come from; spreading the idea of ​​good treatment of working migrants.