Remittance from UK

London: According to a survey conducted by the Department for International Development (DFID), more than a third of ethnic minority households, which responded to a UK-wide

survey, sent an average 870 pounds back home to their families living in some of the poorest

parts of Africa and Asia last year.

Considered the most comprehensive look at the private money transfer habits of Britain’s Asian, African, Caribbean and Chinese communities, the survey reveals some new characteristics.