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More than half a million Haitian refugees who sought shelter and stability in the United States will lose protection against deportation this summer under a policy change by the Trump administration.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Residents from the Solino neighborhood block a street to demand government action against gang violence in ...

More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering aid efforts by humanitarian agencies, the United Nations warned on Tuesday. Since the ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Kenyan police officer patrols an area in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb ...

A Kenyan police officer who was on patrol with the international security force in Haiti has been killed in a confrontation with gang members. The officer, 26-year-old Police Constable Samuel ...

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By September, the other half may also lose their TPS protection. “Overall, 80% of our families are Haitian, 10% are U.S. citizens, with a small population from Venezuela,” Commonwealth Care ...

The Haitian National Police (HNP) has dismissed allegations that it has fallen out with the Kenyan peacekeepers who are part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission. In a press statement ...

I’ve had first-hand experience with USAID and other international aid organizations, such as the World Bank, UNESCO, and even the Red Cross, during my 40-plus trips to Haiti after being invited ...