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About 96,000 individuals fled Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital between June and August, as the country dealt with a worsening security situation due to inter-gang violence and social unrest over a declining economy.
Ulrika Richardson, UN’s resident coordinator in Haiti, said in a report that thousands of women, children, and men have been forced to leave their homes to seek “shelter away from violence and destruction.” (See “U.S. PROPS UP FAILING GOV’T AS HAITI DESCENDS INTO WAR ZONE.”)
Richardson cited a report by the UN’s International Organization for Migration that found the widespread violence in the country has led to “racketeering, kidnappings, and wider criminal acts in a context characterized by deep inequalities, high levels of deprivation of basic human needs and a fragmented security environment.”
Reports said that gangs have overrun most of the country. About 60 percent of the capital is now controlled by these groups. The Associated Press reported that they terrorize communities, rape women, and set homes on fire.
Politico reported that armed gangs in Haiti have blocked fuel terminals and have created a shortage, and the country of about 11.5 million has about 5 million people who face hunger, including 1.8 million at “catastrophic” levels.
Haiti has faced turmoil and confusion after the brazen 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse inside his home. Ariel Henry, a neurosurgeon, was appointed as new prime minister days before the killing, claiming the role. He has led the country as de facto prime minister for about a year and a half.
The U.S. has expressed interest in supporting the Haitian security forces in their effort to take back control of the country, and—along with Canada—agreed to send military equipment. Henry has urged the UN to send “specialized armed forces” to help the country.
Mick Wallace, a member of the European parliament, noted on Twitter that Haitians have protested against the U.S. “installed regime,” and it is best that there is no foreign interference in the country.
“We said we cared about Sovereignty when Russia invaded Ukraine—Does Sovereignty only matter when it suits US Imperialism?” he asked.
One protester in Haiti posted on social media that the U.S. and Canada do not offer any solutions, but just more chaos.
“You are chaos,” the protester said. “You are behind the gangsterization of crime.”
Another Twitter user posted that protesters in Haiti said, “We don’t need Canada or the U.S., we need Russia and China to come to Haiti.”
Bocchit Edmond, the Haitian ambassador to Washington, told The Guardian that gangs will overtake the country unless security assistance is provided
“It is not going to be in the interests of all our closest neighbors if we allow such a thing to happen,” he said.
TREND FORECAST: The Biden administration is concerned about an influx of Haitian immigrants to the U.S. and is reportedly considering what to do. However, since they have failed to stop the refugees from flooding into America before the Haitian crisis, they will continue to fail in stopping the increasing immigrant flows. (See “DHS: ARRESTS OF MIGRANTS ILLEGALLY CROSSING THE U.S. BORDER HIT RECORD IN MAY.”)
Indeed, already this year, Migrant border crossings topped 2.76 million, breaking previous records.
TREND FORECAST: NBC News, citing an internal planning document, reported that the White House could place these migrants in a third country or “expand” the existing facility at the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay.
The report noted that Guantánamo Bay has been used as a Migrant Operations Center for three decades for migrants picked up by the Coast Guard in the Caribbean. One U.S. official told the network that the White House believes that once fuel in Haiti is no longer blocked, migrants will be able to fill up their boats and make the trip to the U.S.
We have noted that these financial and security issues will keep the migration numbers high in the region. Haiti’s neighbor, the Dominican Republic, plans on building a 102-mile concrete wall that will separate the two countries.
“There are simply too many Haitians here,” Santiago Riverón, the mayor of Dajabon, a city along the Haitian border. “I don’t want to use the word ‘invaded,’ but there are parts of this town that have been completely saturated.”
The Trends Journal has long forecast that the draconian COVID-19 lockdowns that crushed economies and destroyed the lives and livelihoods of billions would spark a historic amount of migration around the world… which it has.
As political unrest escalates and economies decline, more people will be leaving their crime ridden corrupt countries for safe haven nations. Thus, as we have long forecast, anti-immigration, populist political movements, as with Italy and Sweden recently, will overtake establishment parties that have not taken strong action to stop refugees from flooding into their nations.