"Teotonio R. de Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Source: Correio da Manhã > Lisbon, 5-1-2007 > Diaspora: A lakh of Portuguese abandon Portugal in > 2006 Growing emigration crisis
> FIVE MILLION PORTUGUESE ABROAD > According to the estimates of the Obra Católica > Portuguesa das Migrações: there are 4.8 million > Portuguese residing in 121 countries the world over, > and their remittances to Portugal amount to over 2 > million euros annually. Folks, This one made me get out the old calculator. Lets see. 2 million euros divided by 4.8 million people. Hmmm. Looks like each overseas Portuguese resident remits the equivalent of a postage stamp every year. The more likely scenario is that the person who wrote this article has little access to the facts. Mervyn3.0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
