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...family in Romania torn apart by migration. By some estimates, up to 2.5 million Romanians have left to work abroad. Adrian Vasilescu, spokesman for the Romanian National Bank, estimates that in 2007, around 7 billion euros ($11 billion) flowed into Romania in the form of remittance sent home by migrant workers...
...Even if most kids with migrant parents are, like Catalina and Stefan, left in the care of their extended families, many of them suffer severe psychological effects, says Mihaela Stefanescu, coordinator of the Soros study. "These children usually encounter the same problems as children who lost their parents through divorce or death; loneliness, problems at school, psychological effects. There are things a parent can provide that a grandparent cannot; some of them just lose control over the children...
...Last year, the Romanian National Authority for child protection responded by launching a program to improve the country's social assistance network. But that doesn't extend as far as being able to extend psychological support to the children of migrant workers in rural villages such as Peretu...
...major retrenchment could have serious consequences for China's economy and society. The specter of legions of laid-off migrant workers roaming the streets in search of jobs is bound to keep Beijing's economic policymakers, who fear the political consequences of widespread social unrest, up at night. Sun, the Lehman Brothers economist, says as manufacturers are pushed to the brink, China's stock markets could see sharp declines. Given that many large, listed Chinese companies pad their profits by investing in stocks themselves, "a big correction could bring [corporate earnings] even lower, and a vicious cycle could result," says...
...While Christians in those areas trace their roots to the earliest centuries of the faith, the Catholics in Saudi Arabia are mostly migrant workers. And the restrictions on any outward manifestation of their religious beliefs have been particularly severe. The celebration of non-Muslim holidays is forbidden, as is the wearing of crucifixes and other religious symbols...