America withdraws its citizens from Haiti
Due to the increase in unrest in Haiti, the United States allocates flights for the departure of its citizens from this country. |
reported by Mehr News Agency According to Reuters, the US State Department announced that it will allocate a flight to evacuate American citizens from the city of Cap-Haïtien in Haiti.
Due to the activities of criminal gangs and the humanitarian crisis, 350 thousand citizens have been displaced in Haiti. The country’s police are trying to curb these gangs, which have taken over control of Port-au-Prince, the capital of the country, and forced the prime minister to resign.
The UN Security Council previously described the situation in Haiti as tense and fragile.
Following the internal conflicts and riots in Haiti, the government officials of this country announced last Tuesday that Ariel Henry, the Prime Minister of this country, who has been out of Haiti for a few weeks and is now based in America , has resigned.
In the attack of the Haitian gangs on the prisons, more than 4,500 prisoners escaped, including the famous leaders of the gangs.
The Haitian authorities, who declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew after this incident, have extended the state of emergency at the same time as the violence in Port-au-Prince escalated.
The American Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, yesterday evacuated a number of unnecessary employees following the escalation of violence in the country.