![Migrant workers stuck in Manila en route to their jobs overseas stay at a temporary housing dorm in the Philippines capital; their families at home rely on their earnings [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/8ac6107077e34236a04ce212af07136e_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
The drop in money that migrant workers send home would mostly be due to a fall in their wages and employment overseas.
Tonga
![The cyclone killed 27 people in the Solomons late last week before barrelling southeast to directly hit Vanuatu as a Category 5 storm [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/7e442b31eea4494eb72309496f184347_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
‘Superstorm’ with winds of 260km per hour hammer South Pacific island nation with buildings reduced to rubble.
![Geographical isolation has helped protect the Pacific Islands from the coronavirus, and governments also closed borders to keep visitors out, recognising the risk the disease poses to their communities [File: Fazry Ismail/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/6a57014c8e0b4fc89c1ac4288cd8c2cf_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
People in the island nations have some of world’s highest rates of diabetes and obesity, and health systems are weak.
Repair crews find two breaks along vital fiber-optic cable connecting Tonga with rest of the world, official says.
Pacific island kingdom cut off from almost all mobile phone and Internet services after undersea cable failure.
Second tropical cyclone in a month strikes Fiji and grazes Tonga.
![Many houses on the main island of Tongatapu have been completely flattened by Tropical Cyclone Gita. Shelter kits and tarpaulins are in high demand as people rush to provide shelter from the elements for their families. [Gemma Snowdon/IFRC]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/7a35646b1f1e4b609b4976b8ea19ebc2_8.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Tongans embark on recovery efforts after getting slammed by Category 4 cyclone.
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Clean-up operation under way following passage of major tropical system that ripped through the South Pacific.
Several people have been seriously injured after a powerful storm lashed the South Pacific island nation of Tonga, prompting the government to declare a state of emergency.
![Track of Tropical Cyclone Gita [Fiji Met Service]](/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/55cdef5b84614a789eac38e19f0279a6_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Second named cyclone of the South Pacific season damaged the Samoan Islands and could be catastrophic for Tonga.
![Maori and Pacific students in New Zealand face systemic racism in universities [Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2014212143525844580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Current student support initiatives do not address experiences of colonisation and racialisation in universities.
![Steyn drove about 3,000 km through France, Italy and Switzerland in 20 days to gather enough points [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014122133738191734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Luke Steyn, 20, will become the first athlete from Zimbabwe at the Winter Olympics when he races in the slaloms in Sochi
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With the Six Nations event kicking off this weekend, France are looking for a change in fortunes from last time.
Authorities search for more victims after massive storm flattens scores of homes, killing at least one person.