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Canada levies new sanctions against Haiti’s economic elite

Canada unveiled a fresh round of sanctions against members of Haiti’s economic elite on Monday, accusing three high-profile individuals of aiding armed gangs that have thrown the country into turmoil.

Miami Herald

U.S. NSC chief visits Brazil's Lula, discuss democracy, climate change

U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met on Monday with Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discussed strengthening democracy in the Americas, combating climate change and the situation in Haiti and Venezuela, Lula's top foreign policy advisor said.

Reuters

Canada imposes sanctions on Haitian economic elites

Canada imposed sanctions on Monday on three high-profile members of the economic elite in Haiti, accusing them of providing help to armed gangs, the foreign ministry said.

Reuters

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In the Dominican Republic, a 'hunt' for Haitian immigrants

Thousands of Haitians have been deported from the Dominican Republic in October and November 2022, despite a call from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to stop the expulsions amid an ongoing health and security crisis in Haiti. Rights groups in Haiti have denounced the deportations and accused Dominican…

France 24

Searching for Haitians to sanction over gang violence, US finds many enjoy legal protections

The United States has added two more Haitian politicians to its sanctions list, accusing them of engaging in illicit drug trafficking.

Miami Herald

What happens to people who die at sea trying to migrate? It falls to the Florida Keys

MIAMI — When people from Haiti and Cuba take to the sea in desperation to reach U.S. shores, they often end up in the Florida Keys, arriving on overloaded or homemade vessels.

Miami Herald

U.S. imposes sanctions on two Haitian politicians over drug trafficking

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on a current and a former Haitian senator, accusing the two politicians of engaging in international drug trafficking activities, Washington's latest action targeting corruption in the Caribbean country.

Reuters

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Interactive map shows the riskiest places to go on holiday next year

Yemen, Ukraine, Afghanistan and Haiti are among the riskier destinations to visit in the world, according to a global analysis by health and security services firm International SOS

Daily Mirror

Immigration advocates, lawmakers ask Biden to extend and renew Haiti TPS designation

Immigration advocates and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday called on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to re-designate Temporary Protected Status for Haiti.

Miami Herald

Haiti still needs foreign strike force to confront gangs, official says

The international community should send a strike force to Haiti to confront gangs even though police have ended a blockade of a fuel terminal that caused a humanitarian crisis, Haiti's ambassador to the United States said on Monday.

Reuters

‘This is obscene’: Haitians angered by babies being sent back after reaching Florida Keys on boat

MIAMI — A group of Florida-bound migrants, including almost 50 children, who reached the Florida Keys in a rickety sailboat from Haiti on Monday, resulting in a frantic federal, state and local rescue effort, have been returned to the Caribbean nation.

Miami Herald

UNICEF study shows kids make up 40% of Haiti's cholera cases

Some two in five of Haiti's growing number of cholera cases are among children, the United Nation's children's agency warned on Wednesday, saying youth suffering from severe malnutrition ran three times the risk of dying from the bacterial disease.

Reuters

Dominican Republic expels 1,800 children to Haiti: UNICEF

A U.N. agency says Dominican authorities have expelled at least 1,800 unaccompanied Haitian migrant children this year back to their crisis-stricken country

The Independent UK

UN: Children in Haiti hit by cholera as malnutrition rises

UNICEF officials say a cholera outbreak sweeping through Haiti is claiming a growing number of children amid a surge in malnutrition

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Haitians deported from Dominican Republic in 'cage-like' trucks

Authorities in the Dominican Republic deported 15,000 Haitians in October 2022 alone, despite the call of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to halt these forced removals because of the precarious health and security situation in Haiti. One group in Haiti that provides help to deportees says that Dominican…

The Guardian - US

US warns its ‘darker-skinned’ citizens of Dominican Republic’s migrant crackdown

Haitian migrants are being deported from Caribbean country and authorities seem to be targeting people based on their appearance

Miami Herald

US warns darker-skinned Americans may be profiled, detained in the Dominican Republic

The government of the Dominican Republic is pushing back against a U.S. embassy warning to dark-skinned American tourists that stepped-up enforcement against Haitian migrants in the Caribbean nation could lead to their being racially profiled or detained.

Miami Herald

Babies rescued from migrant boat in trouble in rough seas off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — A U.S. Coast Guard crewman cradled two babies after rescuing them from a boat struggling in swells of 6 to 10 feet. Their families, and many others, were desperate to get to the United States, in spite of the perilous seas, the risk of being stopped, or worse.

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Miami Herald

UN resolution proposing Haiti rapid reaction force loses steam

WASHINGTON — A U.S. plan for an international force to intercede in Haiti’s war on heavily armed criminal gangs is losing momentum over a month after the Biden administration proposed a rapid action deployment at the United Nations.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard responding to distressed boat packed with migrants off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a disabled boat in perilous seas off the Florida Keys Monday morning that law enforcement sources say was packed with people attempting to migrate from Haiti.

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic rejects criticism of Haitian deportations

The Dominican Republic said it “profusely rejects” the denunciation of its crackdowns on Haitian migrants by a growing number of countries and human rights agencies

The Independent UK

Canada sanctions ex-Haiti president and prime ministers

Canada has expanded its economic sanctions freezing the Canadian assets of Haitian political elites to now include former president Michel Martelly and former prime ministers Laurent Lamothe and Jean-Henry Céant

Miami Herald

Canada sanctions former Haiti President Michel Martelly, 2 former prime ministers

Former Haitian President Michel Martelly and two former prime ministers are joining a list of Haitian politicians sanctioned by the Canadian government due to their alleged ties to armed gangs and Haiti’s escalating violence.

Reuters

Canada sanctions Haiti ex-President Martelly for financing gangs

Canada has sanctioned former Haitian President Michel Martelly and two former prime ministers for their roles in financing gangs, Canada's ambassador to Haiti said on Twitter on Sunday.

Reuters

Canada imposes new sanctions on Haitian politicians - statement

Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on three Haitian politicians, including a former president of the country's Chamber of Deputies, with Ottawa accusing them of aiding gang leaders and laundering their illicit earnings, according to a statement.

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