PIH Calls for Immediate Stop to Deportations

Posted on Apr 6, 2020

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The Jalouzi neighborhood surrounding the commune of Petion-Ville, which lies on the northern hills of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. Photo courtesy of Ryan Jiha

UPDATE: 11:30 A.M. APRIL 7, 2020   

A flight carrying some five dozen deportees departed the United States this morning and is scheduled to land in Haiti today. Partners In Health—or Zanmi Lasante, as we are known in Haiti—stands ready to assist them.

 

BOSTON – Partners In Health calls on the Department of Homeland Security to immediately stop all deportations, including the flight scheduled to depart the United States for Haiti today, April 7. People scheduled for deportation face heightened risks of contracting and unknowingly spreading COVID-19, thanks to conditions like overcrowded detention centers, and deportations not only needlessly accelerate the spread of the coronavirus, but undermine deportees’ and recipient countries’ right to health.

Please contact director of external relations Eric Hansen, at ehansen@pih.org, with any questions.

 

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