There has been a lot of speculation regarding a "flood" of Haitian immigrants into the Dominican Republic.
How about this scenario:
The huge, humongeous, rebuilding effort creating a "reverse flow" of migration with all of the Haitians who have learned building skills, going back to Haiti to earn good money in the reconstruction of Haiti????
It makes perfect sense (which, in fact makes it not all that probable, huh?)
I heard last night on one of the newscasts that the people in the United States had given $400 million in cash to the relief efforts. The papers yesterday talked about $400 million from major donors on the national and international level (AID, IDB, IMF, US Govt etc)....Folks, that's closing in on a billion dollars in assistance for 9 million people....plus all of the practical, physical stuff going on right now.
It seems likely that the rebuilding efforts will, indeed, require massive manpower, and a lot of that should come from Haitians with lots of experience here in the DR going home to become "master builders" in Haiti...
What do you think>
HB
How about this scenario:
The huge, humongeous, rebuilding effort creating a "reverse flow" of migration with all of the Haitians who have learned building skills, going back to Haiti to earn good money in the reconstruction of Haiti????
It makes perfect sense (which, in fact makes it not all that probable, huh?)
I heard last night on one of the newscasts that the people in the United States had given $400 million in cash to the relief efforts. The papers yesterday talked about $400 million from major donors on the national and international level (AID, IDB, IMF, US Govt etc)....Folks, that's closing in on a billion dollars in assistance for 9 million people....plus all of the practical, physical stuff going on right now.
It seems likely that the rebuilding efforts will, indeed, require massive manpower, and a lot of that should come from Haitians with lots of experience here in the DR going home to become "master builders" in Haiti...
What do you think>
HB