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US Deports 50 Migrants To Violence-Gripped Haiti

MENA FN 19 Apr 2024
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) AFP Port-au-Prince. The United States on Thursday deported more than 50 Haitian migrants, US and Haitian officials said, sending them back to a country which has been ... .
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‘We are all human’: Amid crisis back home, Spokane group supports area’s growing Haitian community

The Spokesman-Review 19 Apr 2024
Nearly 95,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince in the last month, the United Nations reported last week ... In Haiti, Derosier was studying accounting in Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital city.
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Gala to help Haitian children to be held in Belmont

Gaston Gazette 19 Apr 2024
The date for the dinner and program is May 9, 2024, 7 - 9 p.m ... Hospital Bienfaisance is in the city of Pignon in Haiti's northern Central Plateau, far from where violence is being reported in the capital city of Port-Au-Prince ... Omer Shedd of Cramerton.
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Members of Congress put pressure on Biden to grant protections for Haitians fleeing to the U.S.

The Grio 19 Apr 2024
... the country’s largest port, which has stopped the flow of supplies and destabilized life for many Haitians ... Pedestrians and commuters fill a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
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US deports about 50 Haitians to nation hit with gang violence, ending monthslong pause in flights

Times Union 19 Apr 2024
U.S ... Marjorie Dorsaninvil, a U.S ... The majority of those displaced traveled to Haiti’s southern region, which is generally peaceful compared with Port-au-Prince, which has an estimated population of 3 million and is largely paralyzed by gang violence ... .
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Haitian migrants staying at Norton hotel find home in Taunton church — 2 even baptized

The Enterprise - Brockton 19 Apr 2024
It was signed into law in 1983 by Gov ... Jecrois said he’s not surprised that more Haitians are trying to get to the United States to escape ongoing, criminal gang violence — including murders and rapes — in and around the capital of Port-au-Prince.
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‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight

Al Jazeera 18 Apr 2024
But the already dire situation escalated further in late February, when powerful armed groups attacked prisons, police stations and other state institutions across Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
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Haitian Americans worry about relatives and friends in Haiti amid violence

The Brunswick News 18 Apr 2024
The Rev. Jean Cassamajor, pastor of Bethesda First Haitian Baptist Church in Austell, has tried to get his daughter out of Port-au-Prince for years. Today, though, his efforts have become more urgent as a surge in gang violence has forced ... .
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Haitian Americans worry about Haiti but are wary of foreign intervention

The Washington Post 18 Apr 2024
Some Haitian Americans say U.S. officials should be doing more to help those affected by the gang violence that has turned Port-au-Prince into a war zone ... .
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US resumes deportation flights to Haiti amid ongoing violence

Stars and Stripes 18 Apr 2024
29, the day armed gangs led a coordinated attack on the international and domestic airports in Port-au-Prince before orchestrating the escape of more than 4,000 prisoners during a massive raid on Haiti’s two largest prisons.
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US suspends visa service in Haiti - Jamaica Observer

Jamaica Observer 18 Apr 2024
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) \u2014 The US State Department\u00a0has announced the suspension of routine visa services at its embassy in Haiti ... .
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UN, partners reach Haitians with critical aid despite violence

China.dot.org 18 Apr 2024
UNITED NATIONS, April 18 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations and its partners are reaching hundreds of thousands of Haitians with critical assistance despite continuing violence in the capital of Port-au-Prince, UN humanitarians said on Thursday ... Enditem .
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North Dakota will launch new EBT program this summer

The Jamestown Sun 18 Apr 2024
BISMARCK — North Dakota will be helping families who need extra help putting meals on the table this summer ... The card will work for 122 days ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Mar 26 ... I was born an only child in Port-au-prince, Haiti and moved to the U.S at the age of 2 ... .
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