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Migration has significant effects on both sending and receiving regions, and this fact is now well acknowledged. But more research is being done to try to understand the psycho-social impacts. One relatively new component of an ongoing research on the effect migration has on sending communities is an emphasis on the family breakdown that is typically caused by the phenomenon of migration. This can happen in a number of different ways, such as a complete nuclear family moving away from extended relatives in the country of origin, or a parent or child going alone while leaving dependents behind. This form of migration is cyclical and repeated in many regions of the globe, raising concerns about how it affects those left behind and how much they depend on the migrants for assistance . This study focuses on the direct consequences that international migration has on immigrant families who are still living in their country of origin despite having left their homelands.