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Executive
director
of
the
Adeso
aid
group
noted
that
remittances
form
the
backbone
of
Somalias
economy.
Members
of
the
American
Congress
expressed
in
a
letter
to
Secretary
of
State
John
Kerry
that
cutting
off
money
from
diaspora
could
significantly
strengthen
the
appeal
of
terrorism
and
piracy
for
young
Somali
men.
Nick
Kay,
the
Special
Representative
of
the
Secretary
General
to
Somalia,
believes
that
remittances
"are
the
lifeblood
[...]
for
many,
many
Somalis,
so
from
a
humanitarian
perspective
it
is
clearly
worrying
if
there
is
a
complete
stop
in
remittances".
Philippe
Lazzarini,
the
Deputy
Representative
and
Humanitarian
Coordinator
to
Somalia,
made
clear
in
his
reaction
that
remittances
are
linked
to
the
peace
and
state
building
efforts,
and
thus
warned
that
the
latter
could
be
undermined
by
the
consequences
of
a
cut.