Chaotic scenes broke out at Haiti's main airport on Tuesday after migrants who had been deported from the United States were flown back home.
Chaotic scenes broke out at Haiti's main airport on Tuesday after migrants who had been deported from the United States were flown back home.
Thousands of Haitains have fled the country due to a combination of political instability following the assassination of the president in August and an earthquake in the same month that left more than 1,200 people dead. Democratic lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to stop deporting those who've fled Haiti for the US, but the White House remains committed to returning them.
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