Which of the following statements about the migration of workers to other countries is false?

A.

Skilled workers often leave small countries for larger industrialized countries.

B.

Unskilled workers often support the economies of their host and home countries through remittances.

C.

Remittances represent capital flow from the home country to the host country.

D.

Recent migrations tend to flow from South America to North America and from the Middle East to Western Europe.

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Saige

Social Studies

25 May, 20:28

Which of the following statements about the migration of workers to other countries is false?

A.

Skilled workers often leave small countries for larger industrialized countries.

B.

Unskilled workers often support the economies of their host and home countries through remittances.

C.

Remittances represent capital flow from the home country to the host country.

D.

Recent migrations tend to flow from South America to North America and from the Middle East to Western Europe.

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Jaxson Vance · Answer 1

The false option is C: remittance is actually the opposite: it's the money sent to the home country from the host country, so if the immigrant is from Guatemala and is working in the US, the remittance would go from US to Guatemala, not the other way round.