Thursday, January 12, 2023

‘I'll try my luck’: Haitians flock for passports hoping to reach US under new program


02:52  ‘I'll try my luck’: Haitians flock for passports hoping to reach US under new program (2023)

 © AFP / France 24
Video by:Juliette MONTILLY

Issued on: 12/01/2023 -

Haitians seeking to escape from poverty and uncertainty are flocking to the main migration office in the capital Port-au-Prince hoping to get a passport and perhaps their ticket to life in America under a new US immigration program. Under the policy announced by President Joe Biden, the United States will accept 30,000 people per month from Haiti and a handful of other countries mired in crisis, on the condition that they stay away from the overcrowded US border with Mexico and arrive by plane.

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