An armed member of the G9 and Family gang patrols a roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 11, 2024.
Canada has announced that it is temporarily reducing the number of Canadian embassy staff in Haiti due to the volatile security situation in the capital.An armed member of the G9 and Family gang patrols a roadblock in the Delmas 6 neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on March 11, 2024. Canada has evacuated a portion of its embassy staff from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, by commercial helicopter charter due to rampant gang violence in the city.
In a tweet, the U.S. State Department cited "heightened gang violence in the neighborhood near U.S. embassy compounds and near the airport."German and EU diplomats also left Port-au-Prince on Monday. German Ambassador Peter Sauer and European Union Ambassador Stefano Gatto are believed to have departed by helicopter to the Dominican Republic, which granted them an exemption to cross a border that is officially closed to both ground and air traffic.
No foreign country has yet organized any mass evacuation of its citizens. GAC has advised Canadians to "shelter in place" and respect a curfew."In these difficult times," said GAC, "Canada's embassy will continue to support Canadians who remain in the country, as well as Haiti and the Haitian people ... The embassy of Canada in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, remains temporarily closed to the public.
"It's obvious that with the ongoing challenge, as much as the international community will continue to have a role to play, if we want a sustainable solution it has to be led by Haitians themselves," Trudeau said.
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