We have to admire Haitians
The New York Times published a series of charts pertaining to migrant money flows recently. It is interesting that while most migrants send about the same amount of money to their family members back home, the economic role played by these funds in each country varied drastically. Despite the fact that Mexico had the largest amount of funds received ($24.24B), the contribution of these funds to the national economy was generally very small. If we look to the Caribbean, although the Dominican Republic also had a large amount of money received ($2.74B), principally due to the larger number of migrants, Haiti ($1.05B) stands out in regard to the role migrants play in the national economy. It is clear that the few Haitians sending money back home make up for 21.5% of GDP, which in contrast to Mexico there the fraction was only 3%. The same might be said of migrants coming from the small island Caribbean chain leading into South America: St. Kitts (18.5%), St. Vincent (26.4%), Grenada (31%), amongst others. We have conclude that, in spite of the prejudiced suffered by Haitian migrants in the United States (Miami particularly), their consistent contribution back home should be recognized with legionnaire medals of honor.