U.S to evacuate its citizens from Haiti after Congress blocked Kenya police funding
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U.S. government charter flight to evacuate its Americans citizens from Haiti amid raising gang violence
U.S. government charter flight to evacuate its Americans citizens from Haiti amid raising gang violence.
The U.S. government said on Saturday that it is arranging a charter flight from Haiti to the U.S. for those with valid passports.
The flight will leave from the Cap-Haitien International Airport, which can only accommodate limited travel amid violence in the country. The State Department instructed citizens and eligible family members interested in traveling to the U.S. to fill out an intake form.
Officials warned that the trip from Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital, to Cap-Haitien is “dangerous” and recommended that people consider the flight “only if you believe you can reach Cap-Haitien airport safely.”
The government cannot currently provide overland transport to the airport, the State Department said, but is working “on options for departures out of Port-au-Prince.” The airport and the capital city are about 120 miles apart.
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This come a day after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives questioned President Joe Biden’s administration’s decision to donate Ksh28 billion to Kenya for the Haiti mission.
With the funding facing hurdles, Biden’s administration is now seeking to evacuate all of its citizens from Haiti, a week after evacuating non-essential staff from its embassy.
Haiti has been overwhelmed by violent gangs that some experts say have unleashed a low-scale civil war.
Some 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4 million require food aid, sometimes eating only once a day or nothing at all, aid groups say.
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