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When it comes to migrants we also get very few migrants from there. The French West Indies have about 1 million people, whereas Haiti has 10 million. There are way more than 10 times more Haitians here than people from Martinique, Guadeloupe, etc.
The reason is that people in the French West Indies are French nationals and can much more easily move to European France.
When it comes to migrants we also get very few migrants from there. The French West Indies have about 1 million people, whereas Haiti has 10 million. There are way more than 10 times more Haitians here than people from Martinique, Guadeloupe, etc.
The reason is that people in the French West Indies are French nationals and can much more easily move to European France.
Are there also very few immigrants from St. Pierre & Miquelon to Canada for the same reason?
I know a number of people who have gone there but they rank far behind destinations like Dominican Republic, Cuba and even Mexico.
The reason being is that the French islands are the first world and are much more expensive places to visit.
Don't know that I would call Guadeloupe or Martinique first world. They are expensive because they import every thing from France, but their living standards aren't any better than the other richer Caribbean islands. Note that minus the massive subsidies received from France, those islands would be very poor.
Don't know that I would call Guadeloupe or Martinique first world. They are expensive because they import every thing from France, but their living standards aren't any better than the other richer Caribbean islands. Note that minus the massive subsidies received from France, those islands would be very poor.
Maybe I should have said that they feature ''first world costs'' then. Similar to some other non-French Caribbean islands that are also ''first world costly" if not an entirely first world living environment.
Don't know that I would call Guadeloupe or Martinique first world. They are expensive because they import every thing from France, but their living standards aren't any better than the other richer Caribbean islands. Note that minus the massive subsidies received from France, those islands would be very poor.
But they do get massive subsidies from metropolitan France, and the habitants do enjoy living standard comparable to first world countries. (GDP per capita: $25,000).
These are first world because they are an integral part of France. It is part of the EU and euro zone. It is different from, say the relationship between the UK and British Virgin Islands as far as I know.
What I heard is that infrastructure, particularly roads, are the best in the Caribbean's.
Cuba is a popular destination. When I visited the Cayo Santa Maria islands in Cuba, there were about 90% francophones from Quebec in the resort I stayed at.
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