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Kidnappings in Haiti are up 58% so far this year

Haiti registered 225 kidnappings during the first quarter of 2022, representing a 58% jump from the same period a year ago, as the Caribbean nation struggles to tame gang violence amid deep political turmoil, according to tabulations from a local human rights group.

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Coast Guard makes a different kind of rescue — and 2 turtles are now at a Keys hospital

MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard has been busy on the waters this year as the agency deals with a surge in migration to Florida from Cuba and Haiti.

Miami Herald

Local airline, charters in Haiti suspend flights after protesters burn airplane

Domestic and charter airline operators have temporarily halted local flight service in Haiti after protesters in the southwestern city of Les Cayes on Tuesday tore apart and then burned a plane used by a Florida-based charity.

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Haitians protest against insecurity; some attack a plane

Haitians take to the streets to protest over the increasing insecurity, turning violent in places like the southern city of Les Cayes, where people stormed the local airport and attacked a small plane

The Independent UK

Haiti protesters burn plane belonging to U.S. missionary group

Haitian demonstrators protesting against crime in the city of Les Cayes on Tuesday burned a plane belonging to U.S. missionary group Agape Flights, according to local media reports and an Agape spokeswoman.

Reuters

Former Haitian sports minister Evans Lescouflair accused of raping children

Evans Lescouflair has been accused of raping an 11-year-old while a teacher and is facing a civil lawsuit brought by several other alleged victims who claim he sexually abused them

The Guardian - UK

U.S. seeks extradition from Jamaica of suspect in murder of Haiti's Moise

The United States has requested the extradition from Jamaica of a suspect in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, the suspect's lawyer said on Thursday.

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Biden administration unveils new asylum rule on US-Mexico border

US says new rule will expedite asylum claim processing, but rights groups caution it may lead to quick deportations.

Al Jazeera

Human rights group decries deportation to 'chaos' in Haiti

Human Rights Watch has released a report demanding that the U.S. and other countries stop deporting Haitians to their homeland, calling it “unconscionable” and warning that they are putting people’s lives in danger

The Independent UK

US Coast Guard sends back to Haiti nearly 200 migrants rescued at sea

MIAMI — Nearly 200 migrants were returned to Haiti on Tuesday after being picked up near the Caribbean nation’s coastline, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Miami Herald

Colombian ex-soldiers in Moïse murder accuse Haiti of wanting to burn evidence

A representative of former Colombian soldiers jailed in the assassination of Haiti’s president says the group wants Haitian authorities to preserve the bodies of three former soldiers killed shortly after the slaying of Jovenel Moïse.

Miami Herald

Is the right coming for Ukraine's kids?

A far-right Christian pastor just showed up in Poland with 63 Ukrainian kids. That may be just the beginning

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189 Haitians rescued off an overloaded boat in bad weather, US Coast Guard says

MIAMI — About 189 Haitians were rescued Saturday from bad weather and a sail freighter too small for such a large human load, the U.S. Coast Guard announced via Twitter.

Miami Herald

Seven U.S. members of Congress call on Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Henry

A group of seven U.S. members of Congress on Wednesday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw support for Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry, saying he lacks legitimacy to organize the elections needed to resolve the country's political crisis.

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A new spending bill approved by Biden also has language on Haiti policy

A massive spending bill signed by President Joe Biden on Tuesday to fund the federal government and provide $13.6 billion to address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine also includes language on accountability on Haiti and modification to U.S. policy toward the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation.

Miami Herald

Haiti wants Jamaica to turn over second suspect in president’s assassination

Haiti wants a former politician accused in the brazen assassination of President Jovenel Moïse last July to be returned to the country from Jamaica.

The Independent UK

Haitians aiming for Florida Keys outpace 2021 migration

Haitian migrants are reaching Florida’s shores in repeated suspected human smuggling operations that are outpacing last year’s migration waves

The Independent UK

UN says women pay highest price in conflict , now in Ukraine

The head of the U.N. women’s agency says women and girls pay the highest price in all crises and conflicts from Myanmar and Afghanistan to the Sahel and Haiti

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More than 100 Haitian migrants land in Florida Keys, gather in yard of oceanfront home

MIAMI — For the second time in two weeks, a large group of Haitian migrants has come to shore in the Florida Keys.

Miami Herald

Recent arrivals of hundreds of Haitians in Florida Keys is a sign of new trafficking routes

MIAMI — The arrival of nearly 700 Haitians in a string of dramatic migrant landings near an exclusive wealthy enclave in the Upper Florida Keys over the past four months suggests that those behind the rise in Haitian boat migration are getting bolder, and using new trafficking routes to get…

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About 2,000 migrants from Haiti and Cuba have made the risky trip to Florida since October

MIAMI — About 2,000 migrants from Haiti and Cuba have risked their lives sailing to Florida to flee from political and economic turmoil in their home countries since Oct. 1, according to federal authorities.

Al Jazeera

Boat carrying 300 Haitian migrants capsizes near Florida coast

Officials said women and children were aboard the wooden boat, and 163 people swam to the US shore.

Miami Herald

More than 1,000 migrants have made the risky trip to Florida in 2022. Will they keep coming?

MIAMI — More than a thousand migrants from Haiti and Cuba have risked their lives sailing to Florida to flee from the political and economic turmoil in their home countries over the past year, according to federal authorities.

Miami Herald

More than 150 Haitian migrants land in the Florida Keys, officials say

MIAMI — A large group of migrants from Haiti arrived in a wooden boat off the shore of an exclusive gated community in north Key Largo Sunday afternoon.

The Guardian - UK

The world’s game, a global scandal: the struggle to be heard in football’s sexual abuse crisis

At all levels and in every corner of football, allegations of harassment and worse are being uncovered. But Fifa and the game’s authorities are ill-equipped to tackle them

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