Migrants feel inflation's squeeze twice at home and abroad

Mahdi Warsama stands for a portrait at the Franklin Library in Minneapolis, Minn., on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. An American citizen who works for the nonprofit Somali Parents Autism Network, Warsama estimates he sent $1,500 last month to help relatives in Somalia pay for necessities like food and water for themselves and their livestock. [AP]

In nearly every corner of the globe, people are spending more on food and fuel, rent and transportation.

But inflation isn't affecting people equally. For migrants with relatives relying on the money they send back, higher prices are pinching families twice: at home and abroad.