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Nearly 200,000 forced deportees received by Haiti, UN says
Haiti is receiving forced returnees amid surging gang violence. An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council was called to discuss the situation in Haiti following a deadly gang attack.
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- Why it matters
- Large-scale deportations to a country experiencing deadly gang violence and state collapse create immediate safety risks for returnees and strain Haiti's already overwhelmed institutions.
- Most affected
- Forced deportees returned to Haiti — Arrive in country experiencing surging gang violence with limited state protection.
Haitian civilians — Receive additional displaced persons amid existing gang violence and resource scarcity. - Likely next
- Whether the UN Security Council issues a formal response or calls for a halt to deportations.
Also reported by: The Straits Times