Which term is used for money sent by migrants to family abroad?

• A. Remittance
• B. Push Factors
• C. Pull Factors
• D. Greenhouse Effect

Answer: (A)

Money sent by migrants to their families in their country of origin is called a remittance. These are private financial transfers where workers abroad send part of their earnings home to support relatives, covering things like food, housing, and education. Remittances can play a significant role in the recipient country’s household budget and sometimes its broader economy by boosting demand and foreign exchange.

Push factors describe conditions that drive people to leave a country (like poverty or conflict), while pull factors are the attractions of a destination country (such as better jobs). The greenhouse effect is a climate-change concept and unrelated to migration payments.