Cost of living: The Scots struggling to support family overseas

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Cost of living: The Scots struggling to support family overseas
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The cost of living crisis puts pressure on Scots who send money to support loved ones overseas.

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"I found out people get paid if they do YouTube videos. I just picked up my phone one day and started. Basically I've been sharing everything I do as a mum of five in Glasgow."Wemimo, pictured here with her partner and children, says she will have to make difficult decisions about finances "It's hard - I feel like looking after them is solely on me. It's going to be a hard conversation but it's definitely one I have to have."

"Even to us, it has been a surprise how much migrants are able to do to keep sending money home in spite of the very adverse economic situation," he says. As he helps his 12-year-old son Muhammad with his Maths homework, he says: "I send money back home to my mother. My father has passed away."I don't do that a lot because I've got a child with special needs and the days that I'm off are the days I give my wife a break."

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