Wronging Rights suggest giving Haitians temporary migration rights to the US to escape the chaos. Blattman wonders about the temporary part.
How hard would it be for the US to take in Haiti?
The population of Haiti is almost 10 million people. (Legal) Immigration to the US is about 1 million per year.
How about a 10 year plan to (temporarily) double inflows and make an entire country of poor people's citizens rich?
What about Britain? How about doubling aid to Africa?
Annual British Official Development Assistance to Africa is about £1.5 billion. Currently Britain has 780,000 African immigrants (excluding South Africa), who send home somewhere between £550 and £1400 per year. So "doubling aid" to Africa would require a one-off increase of African migrants to Britain of between 1 million and 2.7 million people, compared to total annual inflows (from all countries) of 600,000.
How about a 5 year plan to (temporarily) double inflows, and permanently double British aid to Africa?
How hard would it be for the US to take in Haiti?
The population of Haiti is almost 10 million people. (Legal) Immigration to the US is about 1 million per year.
How about a 10 year plan to (temporarily) double inflows and make an entire country of poor people's citizens rich?
What about Britain? How about doubling aid to Africa?
Annual British Official Development Assistance to Africa is about £1.5 billion. Currently Britain has 780,000 African immigrants (excluding South Africa), who send home somewhere between £550 and £1400 per year. So "doubling aid" to Africa would require a one-off increase of African migrants to Britain of between 1 million and 2.7 million people, compared to total annual inflows (from all countries) of 600,000.
How about a 5 year plan to (temporarily) double inflows, and permanently double British aid to Africa?
