The measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak have shut down economies across the world, leading to job losses and falls in income. Migrant workers appear to have felt the brunt of this and the resulting drop in remittances will hit the economies in North Africa, Lebanon, and Jordan hard, holding back economic recoveries and adding to strains in the balance of payments.
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