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<p>Previous DFID support is already helping to make money transfers easier, by helping
65 million people in the poorest countries access digital financial services so they
can receive funds – including from diaspora communities in the UK – via their mobile
phones or online. DFID support is also helping to give 2 million more people access
to digital remittance services so that they can send and receive money from home.</p><p>In
the crisis, the UK Government has made it clear that in the UK people can continue
to visit money transfer businesses should they need to, while observing social distancing
and staying safe.</p><p>And as referenced in the question, the UK has launched – along
with Switzerland, and with support from the World Bank and UN agencies – a global
Call to Action on remittances, which calls on policymakers, regulators and remittance
service providers round the world to take action to ensure that diaspora communities
can continue to transfer money to their relatives during the crisis.</p>
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