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The Haitian refugee crisis, which began in 1991, saw the US Coast Guard collect Haitian refugees and take them to a refugee camp at Guantanamo Bay. [1] They were fleeing by boat after Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected president of Haiti, was overthrown and the military government was persecuting his followers. [2]
Florida state Rep. Dotie Joseph said given the dire situation in Haiti the administration, the U.S. should adhere to refugee protocols to afford Haitians the same protections as other refugees.
The program allows a combined total of 30,000 people per month from the four countries to enter the US. The program was implemented in 2022 to 2023 (Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua [1]) in response to high numbers of migrants and asylum seekers from these countries crossing into the US at the southwest border with Mexico. [2]
When Haiti’s slow-motion crisis unfurled last week as gangs united to attack the country’s core institutions, White House officials turned to national security and intelligence agencies to ...
More than 578,000 people have been displaced across Haiti, forced to abandon their homes and neighborhoods since gangs escalated their attacks after the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
25 June – Kenyan police units arrive in Haiti for a United Nations-backed security mission to restore order. [21]29 June – The Biden administration expands its Temporary Protected Status program to 309,000 Haitian refugees in the United States until February 2026, offering the refugees deportation relief and work permits.
The executive directors of two U.N. agencies warned Tuesday that Haiti’s humanitarian crisis has reached unprecedented levels amid reports of widespread hunger and gang violence. Per capita, the ...
Haiti has been undergoing a crisis since 2018, including political assassinations and a gang war since 2023. On 1 March 2024, Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry signed an agreement in Nairobi, Kenya attempting to allow the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti.