November 25th, 2021In 2021, applications for refugees and protected status in Mexico increased by 300% compared to 2019 figures, reported the Secretaríat of the Mexican government.
Of the total number of refugee claims, 52,000 came from people from Haiti as of November 2021.
By the end of this year, the National Institute of Migration of Mexico (INM) estimates that the increase in Haitians will represent the majority of the 130,000 asylum seekers or protected status.
Since the UNHCR(United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is developing a professional integration program in 11 Mexican cities starting in Saltillo, a town on the border with...
November 25th, 2021From January to mid-November 2021, the Dominican Republic repatriated to Haiti 31,764 Haitians (28,604 men and 3,160 women) who lived in Dominican territory in an irregular migratory situation according to statistical data provided by the General Directorate of Migration.
Haitians were arrested during DGM-assisted migration control operations in various provinces and the National District, including Santiago, Santo Domingo, Bávaro and Punta Cana...
These figures exclude Haitians intercepted at the border and returned to Haiti. From July 2020 to August 2021, 178,000 Haitians (nearly 500 on average per day) who attempted to enter...
November 25th, 2021The young Haitian poet, slammer, writer and playwright born Jean Civilus (26) aka "Jean D'Amérique" who received the 2021 Apollinaire Discovery Prize a few days ago for his collection of poetry "Atelier du silence" is once again rewarded with the Dubreuil Prize of the first novel 2021 of the Société des Gens De Lettres (SGDL) for his novel "Soleil à coudre".
The Dubreuil Prize is a literary recognition for the first novel created by The Société Des Gens de Lettres de France which is a writers’ association founded by French authors Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and George Sand in 1838. € 2,000 given to the...
November 25th, 2021Two of the 17 Missionary hostages were released from the gang captors this week. Almost 2 months ago, on October 16, 16 American missionaries, and 1 Canadian : 12 adults between 18 and 48 years old (5 men and 7 women) and 4 children aged 3, 6, 14 and 15 as well as an 8 month old baby), were kidnapped by the Gang “400 mawozo."
These missionaries were on their way to the Toussaint Louverture airport when the bus transporting them was stopped and attacked by individuals heavily armed on Saturday, October 16, 2021, on the Ganthier road.
17 millions dollars were claimed by the gang “400 mawozo” for their release, threatening to...
November 25th, 2021After having delivered from November 16 to 20, 2021 4,616,015 gallons of diesel and 2,856,777 gallons of gasoline according to Evenson Calixte the Director General of the National Regulatory Authority of the Energy Sector), Marc-Antoine Nési, the spokesperson of The National Association of Service Sub-Station Owners (ANAPROSS) informs that there is hardly any gasoline (gasoline) in stock in the terminals of Varreux (Cité Soleil, 70% of the storage capacity of Haiti) and Thor (Carrefour).
On Monday November 22, WINECO (Terminal de Varreux) loaded 133 tankers with 769,492 gallons of diesel; 309,744 gallons of Gasoline and 66,000 gallons...
November 23rd, 2021Two of the 17 hostages (from the American missionaries, their relatives and 1 Canadian : 12 adults between 18 and 48 years old (5 men and 7 women) and 4 children aged 3, 6, 14 and 15 as well as an 8 month old baby) kidnapped by the Gang "400 mawozo" were released.
These missionaries were on their way to the Toussaint Louverture airport when the bus transporting them was stopped and attacked by individuals heavily armed on Saturday, October 16, 2021, on the Ganthier road.
17 millions dollars were claimed by the gang "400 mawozo" for their release, threatening to execute the hostages if the ransom was not paid.
"Only limited...
November 23rd, 2021During his weekly press conference Clint Watson, the press secretary to the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, informed that the travel ban imposed on Haiti and Cuba Since February 15, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, had been lifted.
He also announced that the airline Bahamasair had resumed its flights to Haiti with two flights per week:One to Cap Haitien, which was yesterday, and the other to Port-au-Prince, which will be on Saturday.
Sanitary conditions required to enter or return to the Bahamas :
Before departure for the Bahamas, all unvaccinated passengers aged 12 and over must pass a Covid-19 RT-PCR test (swab)
(The name and...
November 23rd, 2021Like fuel in gas stations, water is scarce in several areas of the capital: Christ-Roi, Canapé Vert, etc. In These neighborhoods, households have not seen a trickle of water from their tap for months now.
Water truckers are unable to deliver water to these areas due to fuel shortage.
During this fuel crisis, truckers increased the price of the 5 gallon container by about 150%, from 10 gourdes to 25 gourdes depending on the delivery area. As for the so-called treated water, the gallon has gone from 5 gourdes to 10 gourds
The sachets of water sold in the streets and everywhere are also increasing in price. Thesold at...
