Lockdowns and the shortfall in foreign remittances

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The World Bank has said that because of the coronavirus pandemic there is set to be a drop of almost 20% in money migrant workers send home in 2020, affecting millions of hard-pressed households in poorer countries. We report from the Philippines where there are fears that President Duterte could bring back martial law, last seen during the rule of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. And we hear from doctors in the UK, who come from the African diaspora, about the fact that many ethnic minorities are among the medical staff who have died from Covid-19 in Britain.