Turks and Caicos police say they will continue their search-and-recovery operation for a shipwrecked migrant vessel that sank off the coast of the island chain earlier this week.

Seventy Haitians are still missing following Monday's incident - a tragic reminder of the perils many Haitians face in search of a more prosperous life.

But as Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports from Providenciales, the hardships remain even after Haitians reach their destination.