Haiti
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Americas
UN rights experts condemn US expulsion of Haitian migrants and refugees
A group of UN human rights experts have condemned the United States of America’s recent and ongoing systematic mass deportation…
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UNICEF sounds alarm over abductions of women and children in Haiti
The number of children and women abducted in Haiti until the end of August, has already surpassed last year’s total, the UN…
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Americas
Haiti facing stalled elections, kidnapping surge, rampant insecurity
Haiti is currently undergoing “one of the most fraught periods of its recent history”, the head of the UN office…
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Americas
Comprehensive support needed for Haitians facing expulsion in Americas
Vulnerable Haitian men, women and children on the move in the Americas, should not be expelled from countries where they…
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Africa
As crises ‘pile up’ in the Sahel, Malian leader says it’s time to consider more robust mandate for UN Mission
The interim Prime Minister of Mali, Choguel Kokalla Maïga, said on Saturday that “rarely, has a country or region been as severely affected by the piling up of crises…
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Americas
Haitian Prime Minister: As long as there is inequality, migration will continue
The Prime Minister of Haiti, Ariel Henry, said on Saturday that “human beings, fathers and mothers who have children, are always going to flee…
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Americas
UNICEF: Haiti children vulnerable to ‘violence, poverty and displacement’
As Haiti continues to reel from the “triple tragedy” of natural disasters, gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN…
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Americas
US plan to increase refugee resettlement welcomed by UNHCR
United States President Joe Biden’s proposal to raise the target for refugee resettlement there in the coming fiscal year to…
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Americas
FROM THE FIELD: Haiti’s gruelling post-quake road to recovery
Thousands of Haitians continue to take refuge in neighbours’ houses, makeshift shelters, chapels or informal displacement sites, a month after a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake…
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Americas
Hunger spikes in Haiti following deadly earthquake
Around 980,000 Haitians in the four districts most affected by the August 14 earthquake are now living with acute food insecurity, according to new UN food security data released on…
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