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Facing pressure over border crossings, Biden steps up migrant expulsions

The United States will expand Trump-era restrictions to rapidly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, President Joe Biden said on Thursday in his first major speech on border security.

Reuters

Turks and Caicos under strain after 275 Haitian migrants recently detained

Governor says resources are stretched after three overloaded boats were intercepted between 23 December and 2 January

The Guardian - US

More than 100 Haitians land in Florida's Key Largo, just a day after Cuban migrants’ arrival

MIAMI — More than 100 Haitians landed Tuesday in a gated community in Key Largo, the latest boatload of refugees from the Caribbean to hit Florida’s shores.

Miami Herald

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Editorial: A refugee crisis has arrived in Denver even if the US won’t acknowledge it

America’s government — from the White House to the halls of Congress to the judicial benches — must treat this influx of asylum-seekers from Haiti and South and Central America as a refugee crisis.

The Denver Post

Haitian child dies after migrant boat capsizes on Puerto Rican beach

A 3-year-old child presumed to be from Haiti died Friday morning after a migrant boat capsized on the beaches of the Puerto Rican beach town of Rincón, according to local and federal authorities, the latest such voyage near the American territory to turn deadly.

Miami Herald

UN deputy urges countries to consider armed force for Haiti

The U.N. deputy secretary-general is urging every country “with capacity” to urgently consider the Haitian government’s request for an international armed force to help restore security and alleviate a humanitarian crisis in the Caribbean nation

The Independent UK

Deputy U.N. chief urges countries to send armed force to Haiti

Deputy U.N. chief Amina Mohammed on Wednesday urged countries to urgently consider Haiti's request for an international specialized armed force to help restore security in the Caribbean state and alleviate a humanitarian crisis.

Reuters

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Ex-rebel leader known as ‘the torturer’ is arrested in Haitian president’s assassination, sources say

A former rebel known as “the torturer,” who has a history of armed insurgency against Haitian leaders, has been arrested in the slaying of President Jovenel Moïse, multiple informed sources told the Miami Herald.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Marc Marquez Donates €100,000 To Charity Combating Eye Disease

Six-time MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez donates €100,000 (~$106,000 USD) to the Haiti-based Learn for Sight charity.

RideApart

Canada brings sanctions against former Haitian justice ministers

Canada has accused Berto Dorce and Liszt Quitel of money laundering on behalf of powerful criminal organisations.

Al Jazeera

Canada imposes new sanctions on two former Haiti ministers accused of corruption

Canada will impose new sanctions on two former Haiti government ministers accused of corruption and protecting criminal gangs, Ottawa said on Tuesday, the latest in a string of sanctions against Haitian politicians and business leaders.

Reuters

Lost and found: how a photographer sniffed out the magnolia species not seen for a century

Eladio Fernandez was rewarded after an arduous hike up a Haitian mountain, following in the footsteps of the Swedish botanist who last saw the fragrant flower in 1925

The Guardian - UK

Haiti faces famine – but its troubles are rooted in a brutal colonial past

The Caribbean country has been blighted by colonial exploitation, natural disasters and violent gangs – now a food crisis looms. What can be done to fix Haiti?

The Guardian - UK

US Navy hospital suspends care in Haiti after 19 overboard

A U.S. Navy hospital ship docked in southwest Haiti has temporarily suspended medical services after 19 people with the mission fell overboard amid a heavy swell hitting the region

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50 years of Haitian migration to South Florida: A story of protests, detention and triumph

MIAMI — They arrived 50 years ago, fleeing dictatorship and death. Along the treacherous, three-week ocean journey, the seafaring Haitian asylum seekers traded their shoes for food and water in Cuba, and were briefly jailed in the Bahamas before being asked their final destination.

Miami Herald

US sanctions more Haitians, including the relatives of people accused of corruption

A former director of Haiti’s customs administration and an “immediate” family member are being sanctioned by the U.S. State Department along with relatives of a current member of the Haitian Senate.

The Independent UK

67 journalists, media workers killed on the job this year

A new report says the war in Ukraine, chaos in Haiti and criminal groups in Mexico contributed to a 30% spike in the number of journalists killed in 2022 over the previous year

The Independent UK

UN aid chief: Gangs control about 60% of Haiti's capital

The U.N. humanitarian chief in Haiti says close to 60% of the capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have forced thousands to flee their homes

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U.N. expects Haiti sanctions regime to be running by January

The United Nations' sanction regime in Haiti in response to the gang violence and humanitarian crisis should be working by January 2023, the U.N. resident coordinator for the embattled Caribbean island nation said on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Biden administration helps Haitian nationals remain in the US. How about helping Haiti?

The Biden administration looked toward the unraveling and desperate situation in Haiti this week and recognized the suffering of a beleaguered people.

Reuters

Canada sends diplomatic mission to Haiti over gang violence

Foreign affairs officials from Canada began a three-day diplomatic mission to Haiti on Wednesday in a bid to address a gang-related humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Caribbean country, the office of Global Affairs Canada said.

Reuters

Explainer-What's driving Haiti's humanitarian crisis?

Haitians continue to flee their country amid gang violence that has left much of the Caribbean nation off limits to the government. Kidnappings have become increasingly frequent and gunbattles between police and crime groups a routine occurrence.

Chicago Sun-Times

Haitians’ temporary U.S. immigration status is being extended, Biden administration says

The Department of Homeland Security says Haitians in the United States as of Nov. 6 could apply for “temporary protected status” and those granted it last year can stay an additional 18 months, until Aug. 3, 2024.

The Independent UK

US says it will expand, extend temporary status for Haitians

The Biden administration says it will expand temporary legal status for Haitians already living in the United States, saying conditions in the Caribbean nation are too dangerous for their forced return

Los Angeles Times

Biden extends temporary protections to 100,000 Haitians in the US

The Biden administration on Monday granted more than 100,000 Haitians living in the United States the chance to apply for work permits and protection from deportation to their home country, which has been devastated by an earthquake, disease outbreaks and widespread violence.

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