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Johannesburg - South Africans in the UK send the most money back to SA, but a new report predicts a sharp fall amid the global crisis.
According to a report by the World Bank the amount of money that "international migrant labourers" send back to their countries of origin in the developing world has shrunk by some 7.3% this year.
Workers such as these who send money to sub-Saharan Africa are expected to send 8.3% less this year, the World Bank announced in July.
South Africa similarly receives large sums from foreign countries. In 2009 the World Bank expects to see - even though this stream is not as strong as last year - up to $304bn flowing to emerging countries.
The many South Africans in Britain send back the greatest amounts - about $167m, according to a report by the South African "homecoming" Institute for Race Relations.
Britain is deep into a recession.
The United States, from which $84m is remitted to South Africa, and Australië ($81m) are also in recession.
South Africa's neighbours are also suffering, since Lesotho and Swaziland in particular are dependent on the money expatriates send from this country.
In 2006 Lesotho received $298m from South Africa and Swaziland $74m.
-Sake24