Gang violence in Haiti has paralyzed the country. Port-au-Prince's airport is closed and roads to the capital are practically impossible to transit through. Yet, U.S. deportation flights are continuing, with a chartered flight bringing 70 Haitians back to the country on Tuesday. It is the first deportation since gang attacks led U.S. authorities to halt all air travel to the country. These flights, however, landed in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti's second-largest city and the only one with a still-operating airport.
Haitian authorities continue to struggle with ever-escalating violence, which has forced 50,000 people to flee their homes in the past two weeks alone. With domestic flights grounded and sea travel unsafe, Cap-Haïtien remains Haiti's only viable entry point for international commercial air travel.
