Remittances (the funds sent by migrant workers back to their families) are a major international financial flow into Mexico. Remittances brought more than 24 billion dollars a year into the economy in 2015, an amount equivalent to about 2.5% of Mexico’s GDP.
For an introduction, with links to some of the key pages on this blog, see
- Mexican migrants and remittances: an introduction
- How important are remittances to Mexico’s economy?
- Have Mexicans given up on the dream of moving to the USA? (Jul 2012)
Causes and trends:
- The US Bracero guest worker program
- Many Mexican Bracero workers still trying to claim their pay (Nov 2013)
- The link between climate change and migration from Mexico to the USA
- The impact of the economic recession on Mexico-USA migration
- Remittances sent back to Mexico rose only 0.12% in 2010
- Remittances worth almost 23 billion dollars in 2011 (Mar 2012)
- Net migration flow from Mexico to USA close to zero or has possibly reversed (Apr 2012)
- Remittances are on the rise (Jun 2012)
- Migration from Mexico to USA apparently on the rise again (Nov 2012)
- Remittances entering Mexico decline in 2012 (Feb 2013)
- Remittances to Mexico from USA decline slightly in 2013 (Nov 2013)
- Remittances fell 3.75% in 2013 but look set to rise in 2014 (Feb 2014)
- Remittances on the rise (May 2015)
- Remittances in 2015 exceed oil revenues (Feb 2016)
How do remittances work?
- International financial flows: how do migrants send remittances back home? (Nov 2011)
- The typical remittance, the last mile and effects of remittances on recipient communities (Dec 2011)
- What factors influence the decision about how to send remittances home? (Dec 2011)
Impacts of Mexican migrants on the USA and Canada:
- A round-up of news items about Mexicans in the USA
- Mexican migrants pay 53 billion dollars a year in US taxes
- How might the USA adjust to “narco-refugees” from Mexico? (Jan 2012)
- Why do Mexican seasonal farmworkers in Leamington, Ontario, have their own consulate? (Jan 2012)
- A round-up of news items about the Mexican diaspora in the USA (Jun 2012)
- Recent trends for Mexicans living in the USA (Jul 2013)
- Where do most Hispanics in the USA live? (Sep 2013)
- The impact of immigrants on U.S. public budgets (Sep 2013)
- Mexicans gradually reoccupying their former territory in the USA (Feb 2014)
Links between communities – “migration channels”.
- Migration channels between Mexico and the USA, or how distant towns are linked through migration
- Over half a million natives of the state of Puebla live in New York City
- From Morelos to Minnesota; case study of a migrant channel between Mexico and USA
- The connection between Napizaro (Michoacan) and North Hollywood (California)
The five major “states of origin”—Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas:
- The 10 states in Mexico receiving the highest remittances per person
- The 10 states in Mexico receiving the most remittances in total
- The 10 states in Mexico with the highest percentage of homes receiving remittances
What happens to migrants who are deported back to Mexico?
- Deported migrants set up home in Tijuana canal (Jun 2013)
- Mexicali receives more deportees than any other Mexican border city (Jan 2014)
Changes in Mexico that may impact migration:
- The maquiladora export landscape
- The Transnational Metropolitan Areas of Mexico-USA
- The impact of NAFTA on urban growth in Mexico
Internal migration:
Foreign migrants living in Mexico:
- Where do most foreigners live in Mexico? (Jan 2012)
- Where in Mexico will U.S. baby-boomers choose to live? (Dec 2013)
- “Los que llegaron”, Spanish language videos about Mexico’s immigrant groups (Oct 2013)
Practical Exercise (Mapwork):
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