Many Haitians will leave their island homes –or lack thereof, after the earthquake dust settles and the emergency relief dwindles. We’ve seen this story before with other island states that have been devastated by natural or manmade disasters.
It is my most ardent hope that they’ll wait for the mountainous waves to stop rolling down unimpeded from the North Atlantic and the Gulfstream to become more user-friendly. We know what the tragedy looks and feels like when desperate people try to escape to America lacking adequate resources. But make no mistake about it, they’re coming. The mass exodus will be underway in earnest around April. The grumbling about the illegal aliens hasn’t started yet, but it’s about to happen, yet again.
Some Haitians will use the Bahamas as a temporary stopover during their clandestine migration to the United States. Most of the real estate developments in the Bahamas have gone bust. There are no jobs and not as many tourists. This time their landings will be thwarted by the usually easygoing Bahamians.
But, what greater tragedy awaits?
Click the link below to read the rest of my op-ed article on the Haitian earthquake problem and my experiences with Haitian refugees.
Click Here--->Op-ed: The Problem of the Haitian Earthquake and Refugees
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