MONTREAL — Wedne Colin says he feels like he's leading a 'double life,' living in Montreal but constantly worrying for his family in Haiti. 'It's like we're here, but at the same time we're in Haiti,' he said Monday in an interview.
MONTREAL — Wedne Colin says he feels like he's leading a"double life," living in Montreal but constantly worrying for his family in Haiti.
He said his family lives in fear of violence and kidnapping, noting that some of them received letters demanding they hand over money by a certain date. But, as many times as they leave home, they always end up returning, he said,"because nowhere is safe." As a former student activist, he said that if he were still in Haiti he would probably be in the streets protesting. But in Montreal he finds it hard even to talk about the homeland that he misses.Both men say the Canadian government needs to do what it can to help Haitians, including making it easier for them to leave and join their families in Canada.
In 2022, Haiti's unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, asked for an international military intervention to clear out the gangs, an idea that is deeply divisive within that country. In comments made last week, Canada's chief of the defence staff said past military interventions in Haiti have failed. In Quebec's large Haitian community — estimated at more than 140,000 — it can feel hard to know what to do.
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