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Haiti Church Takes In Hundreds Fleeing Gang Violence

Over a year and a half since Haiti's rampant gang violence upended her life, Philomene Dayiti longs for nothing more than leaving the Port-au-Prince church where she has taken refuge with hundreds of others and returning home.

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Haitian gangs 'unperturbed' by arrival of international force to subdue them

Authorities highlighted that forces took back the country's main hospital, but a report by the Washington Post shows that residents expect swifter action

Latin Times

Haiti's Police Chief Takes Control Of Hospital From Gangs

Haiti's new Prime Minister and police chief secure hospital from armed gangs amid escalating violence. International support aims to restore stability and ...

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U.S. asks Haitian prime minister to prioritize setting up electoral council amid chaotic scenario

Top U.S. State Department officials recognized the steps taken toward restoring security but highlighted the need for progress in the electoral front

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Haitian politicians sought support from armed gangs in plot to kill president Möise, report shows

The plotters failed to secure the support, according to The Miami Herald, but the plot was ultimately successful

Latin Times

Haitian PM pleads for additional funds to U.S. lawmakers to combat criminal gangs

The government is set to release $100 million for a recently-arrived international force over Republicans' objections, but Garry Conille says more is needed

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Haiti's prime minister says Kenya police is crucial to controlling gangs, calls early days positive

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council that recently-deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping control the country’s gangs and moving toward democratic elections

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US asks Haiti to prioritize electoral council amid gang violence and a humanitarian crisis

U.S. officials have asked Haiti’s prime minister to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government amid rampant gang violence

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Second Contingent Of Police Coming To Haiti In 'Coming Weeks': PM

A second contingent of the Kenya-led multinational policing mission in Haiti will arrive "in the coming weeks," Prime Minister Garry Conille told AFP on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Haiti PM Vows 'Transparency' To Population Traumatized By Gangs

Garry Conille, a medical doctor by training who once briefly served as Haiti's prime minister, says he never hesitated to return home to take up the post once again.

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Stakes High For Haiti As Kenya Forces Deploy

Haiti's leaders face a high-stakes balancing act as Kenyan forces arrive in the violence-wracked country, where security is desperately needed and the new, unelected government must also win over ordinary Haitians.

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Haiti Braces For Hurricane Beryl Impact

Haiti faces Hurricane Beryl amid existing crisis, with agencies preparing to assist those in need.

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Haiti Violence Displacing One Child Every Minute: UNICEF

Displaced children account for more than half of the 600,000 people who have been forced to flee their homes due to violence, according to UNICEF, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince, much of which is controlled by gangs.

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Haiti gang violence displaced more than 300,000 children this year, UN says

More than 300,000 children are displaced in Haiti since gangs forced out Prime Minister Ariel Henry and took over the capital Port-au-Prince earlier this year, UNICEF says. Many children, some of whom are forced to join gangs, are living in makeshift shelters and lack access to food, health care, clean…

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Haiti's gang violence crisis: Fears grow among Miami diaspora

Since February, Haiti has been facing an unprecedented political and security crisis. The country is ravaged by gang violence, with 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince under the control of gangs accused of countless atrocities. The airport, which had been closed for three months, has just reopened. But it's still…

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Biden administration extends temporary legal status to 300,000 Haitians, drawing a contrast to Trump

The Homeland Security Department says more than 300,000 Haitians already in the United States will be eligible for a major expansion of temporary legal status because conditions in the Caribbean nation are unsafe for return

Latin Times

Biden to expand deportation protections for Haitians already in the U.S. as country still engulfed in chaos

About 300,000 people could benefit from an extension and redesignation of Temporary Protected Status for 18 months

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Border Patrol intercepts sailboat carrying more than a hundred Haitians off the coast of Florida

The Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC), an organization advocating for immigrant rights, called for humane treatment of the 118 migrants

Texas Observer

‘We Are People Too’: Scenes of Migration in Matamoros and Reynosa

Even before Biden’s recent executive order, asylum-seekers were waiting for months in dangerous Mexican border towns for an appointment to cross into Texas.

Latin Times

International force in Haiti will initially have a 'static' role and won't actively go after gangs

A member of the country's transitional council said that as the force grows it will become more "dynamic"

The Independent UK

Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs

Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence

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