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On average, each immigrant sends between seven and 10 remittances a year of about 370 euros ($449) each. Dominicans tend to send about 595 euros ($722) at a time, compared with 322 euros ($391) for Colombians. The same study pointed out that Latin Americans in the United States generally send home between $100 and $300 a month. Research suggests that an emigrant who expects to return home in the short term will usually send more money to his homeland. On the other hand, if he or she plans to remain abroad permanently, economic ties with a now-distant family tend to decrease as savings go toward investments that facilitate integration into the migrant's new country. is a news agency concentrating in Mercosur countries which operates from Montevideo, Uruguay, and includes in its area of influence the South Atlantic and insular territories. © 1997-2001 Mercopress - E-mail: