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… second step, we study how the recent introduction of cash for food programs in some camps has influenced local food prices. The food for cash program replaced weekly food aid with cash grants for all households residing in camps so that households can buy their own food at local markets. The findings of this study will provide valuable insights for policy makers and will contribute to the emerging academic literature on the effects of large population inflows on local economies.  Isabel Ruiz: The … flows migrants receive (food, clothing, money and other items) (Morbrand, 2012). Remittances are usually investigated as happening within a particular point in time without reference to how they change over time. They are presented as happening in one snap shot in time. What I seek to do in this paper is to track overtime transnational transfers among different groups of Ghanaian migrants living in the UK and their relatives in Ghana. I interrogate factors that influence the directionality and … students? What are the motivational and facilitating factors in skilled migration? What integration experiences do highly educated migrants have in their host societies? Do they have family and social obligations in more than one country? The workshop organized by the Marie Curie project TRANSMIC (Transnational Migration, Citizenship and the Circulation of Rights and Responsibilities) will discuss the current characteristics and implications of transnational skilled migration from different …