Haiti sinks into violence – UN appeal for humanitarian aid

The head of the UN Migration Service has called on the international community to support more than one million people who have been forced to leave their homes due to the outbreak of crime and violence by gangs in Haiti. “It is one of the most complex and urgent crises in the world, which has an impact on regional and international stability,” said the head of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, completing her visit to the country, according to a press release. More than a million citizens have been forced to be displaced in Haiti, a number that has tripled over a year. Gangs’ violence, especially in the capital, Port-O-Prenz, forced tens of thousands of families to flee, many repeatedly. “At the same time, nearly 200,000 Haitians were deported in the last year by countries in the region,” the IOM said in his statement. In the US, Donald Trump’s government is seeking to revoke a half million and more immigrant -protected immigrant regime […]
Source: News Beast

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