No Country for Haitians: Deported from the US

Fault Traces follows the lives of Haitians who've been deported from the US to a rustic with hovering ranges of violence and instability.

Over the previous yr, the US authorities has despatched greater than 25,000 asylum seekers again to Haiti whereas the nation is within the throes of chaos. A full-scale struggle is underneath approach within the capital, Port-Au-Prince, between rival gangs which are combating for territory and affect.

Homicides and kidnappings have soared since Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed in 2021.

The Biden administration has used a controversial device often known as Title 42 to deport the vast majority of the Haitian asylum seekers, primarily utilizing the COVID-19 well being disaster as a pretext to keep away from listening to asylum claims.

The programme was first carried out by the Trump administration and worldwide human rights teams have broadly criticised the follow as discriminatory towards Black asylum seekers.

On this episode of Fault Traces, we journey to Haiti throughout this tumultuous time to see how deportees are dealing with this disaster.

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