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Handel ludźmi i praca przymusowa w Haiti i Wielkiej Brytanii
Globalna organizacja non profit Hope For Justice zwraca uwagę, że ludzie uratowani przed pracą przymusową często żyją w strachu przed deportacją, co utrudnia współpracę z policją. Handlarze ludźmi zyskują z kolei szansę ucieczki przed wymiarem sprawiedliwości, jeśli ofiary są traktowane przez Home Office (brytyjskie Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych) jak przestępcy. Przyczynia się do tego pozostawienie ocalałych z handlu ludźmi i współczesnego niewolnictwa w stanie zawieszenia prawnego w związku ze statusem imigracyjnym ofiar. Najnowszy przypadek organizowania pracy przymusowej na Wyspach Brytyj...
Outriders
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Another missing person case linked to Haitian Special Olympics delegation
ORLANDO, Fla. — Another person with ties to the Haitian delegation to the Special Olympics has been reported missing, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office, bringing the number of disappearances to seven. Louis Jacques Wilguens, 25, was last seen exiting a bus at Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort about 4:30 p.m. Saturday, the agency said. He was supposed to fly back to Haiti on Sunday. Wilguens was wearing red sandals, blue jeans and a white Special Olympics shirt with Haiti written on it, officials said. Anyone who sees him is asked to check his well-being and contact the Sheriff’s O...
Orlando Sentinel
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There were 200 kidnappings in Haiti in May, UN agency says
Exactly one year after warring gangs shut down transportation links to the southern regions of Haiti, armed groups continue to restrict access to vulnerable communities in Port-au-Prince, forcing thousands of others from their homes on the eastern outskirts of the capital and creating travel problems in the north of the country, the United Nations said Friday. At least 188 people have been killed and almost 17,000 people have been displaced from Port-au-Prince since April 24 by gangs, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, citing data from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for...
Miami Herald
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Coast Guard returns 40 people to Cuba after they were stopped off Florida Keys
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard sent 40 people back to Cuba on Thursday after stopping them off the Florida Keys earlier this week. They were found in two boats Monday and Tuesday as U.S. authorities report the largest exodus of Cuban balseros since 2016. The surge of Cubans and Haitians trying to get to the U.S. is expected to be discussed when hemispheric leaders meet in Los Angeles next week during the Summit of the Americas. The event is being hosted by the U.S. for the first time since it was launched in Miami in 1994. At 1 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday, a civilian reported to authorities a ligh...
Miami Herald
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US Coast Guard stops a total of 84 Cuban migrants at sea over a 3-day span
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a total of 84 people from Cuba migrating by sea off the Bahamas and the Florida Keys last week. A Coast Guard cutter, the Paul Clark, returned the people to Cuba on Wednesday, the agency said. They were stopped on the ocean between Sunday, April 17 and Tuesday, April 19. One group was 23 miles southwest of Cay Sal in the Bahamas. The other four groups were interdicted in various areas off the Middle Keys, according to the Coast Guard. South Florida is in the midst of a surge in maritime migration from both Cuba and Haiti. More Haitians are taking to the sea...
Miami Herald
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Haiti assassination suspect could be extradited to Miami from Jamaica any day
A Jamaican court cleared the way Thursday for the extradition of a key suspect to Miami in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Former Haitian Sen. John Joël Joseph, who was arrested in Jamaica earlier this year after months of hiding in Haiti, was being held on an immigration violation charge after illegally entering the English-speaking Caribbean nation with his wife and children. After multiple postponements and court appearances, the one-time politician’s case was finally resolved Thursday when the chief prosecutor decided not to move forward with the case. Joseph, whose p...
Miami Herald
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Coast Guard sends back to Haiti nearly 90 migrants — including children — rescued at sea
A U.S. Coast Guard video shows Key West crews returning nearly 90 migrants to Haiti on Sunday, according to the military branch. At least four children wearing orange life jackets — including an infant in a baby car seat — are seen on video being escorted from the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis to a Haitian boat. The youths are part of a group of 88 migrants that were repatriated after being detained Tuesday approximately 18 miles north of Sagua La Grande, Cuba, the Coast Guard announced in a news release. They were all found in good health, the military branch reported. A Coast Guard airplane crew...
Miami Herald
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Colombian charged in Haiti president's killing pleads not guilty in US court
Miami (AFP) - A former Colombian soldier charged in the United States with participating in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise pleaded not guilty Friday, his lawyer in Miami said. Accused by the US courts of having participated in the "conspiracy to kidnap or assassinate" Moise, Mario Palacios "will plead not guilty," said lawyer Alfredo Izaguirre as he left the Miami courthouse where the case is being tried. Moise was shot dead on the night of July 6 to 7, 2021 in his private residence in Port-au-Prince. A hit squad of Colombian mercenaries is suspected of having carried o...
AFP
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US charges 2nd man in Haitian president's murder
Miami (AFP) - The US Justice Department charged a Haitian-Chilean man Thursday with conspiracy to commit murder for his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise last July. The charges were unveiled in federal court in Miami against Rodolphe Jaar, 49, after he was arrested in the Dominican Republic and transferred Monday to the United States. An FBI affidavit filed in the case said that, in an interview in December, Jaar admitted that he had provided guns and ammunition to the group of Colombians who carried out the murder. On July 7, 2021, the Colombians and others went to...
AFP
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US charges Colombian suspect over Haiti president's murder
Miami (AFP) - US authorities have charged a retired Colombian soldier over the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise last July, justice officials said Tuesday. The Justice Department said in a statement that 43-year-old Mario Palacios, along with others, "participated in a plot to kidnap or kill the Haitian President." Palacios was detained at a Panamanian airport late Monday and flown to Miami as part of a "voluntarity extradition" deal. If convicted, Palacios faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. He was taken into custody and was scheduled to appear in a Miami court later...
AFP
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