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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Filipinos in Belgium". Philippine Embassy in Belgium. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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- ↑ "Highlights of the 2011 Stock Estimate of Filipinos Overseas". Commission on Filipinos Overseas. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- 1 2 "Overseas Filipinos' Cash Remittances" (PDF). Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "Philippine Banks With Remittance Networks Abroad" (PDF). Scalabrini Migration Center. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
- ↑ "Phl Ambassador Hosts Reception in Brussels to Commemorate 115th Anniversary of Philippine Independence". Department of Foreign Affairs. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
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