Nearly 500 human rights organisations last month published a letter addressed to US officials including President Joe Biden, requesting a moratorium on deportations to Haiti. / Photo: AP
In total, 52 Haitians landed at the airport in the city of Cap-Haitien on Thursday, a Haitian immigration official told the AFP news agency."US policy is to return noncitizens who do not establish a legal basis to remain in the United States," the spokesperson said. Human rights activists labelled the deportation flights"inhumane." They warned that the deportees are likely to become targets for the criminal factions that dominate much of the country.In light of that worsening crisis, nearly 500 human rights organisations last month published a letter addressed to US officials including President Joe Biden, requesting a moratorium on deportations to Haiti.
The United States, European Union and other countries began arranging for their citizens to leave Haiti last month, while the United Nations also evacuated their staff due to the instability.