UN urges US to stop forced returns to Haiti after latest deportation flight
Al Jazeera
Haitians may face ‘life threatening risks’ and further displacement if returned to Haiti, UN refugee agency says.
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has called on the United States to stop forcibly returning Haitians to their home country, which is facing a months-long surge in gang violence and continued political instability.
In a social media post on Friday, UNHCR urged US President Joe Biden’s administration “to refrain from forcibly returning Haitians who may face life-threatening risks or further displacement” in the Caribbean nation.
The call after the UN agency said “another US deportation flight landed in Haiti” on Thursday.
The US Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to Al Jazeera’s request for comment on Friday on the flight, including how many people were on board.
It marks the second such deportation flight from the US to Haiti in the past month. On April 18, the US government sent about 50 Haitian nationals back to the country in a move that drew immediate condemnation from rights groups.
