PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Director Common of the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM), Amy Pope, arrived in Haiti on Monday at the beginning of a three-day go to assembly with high-level authorities officers, donors, companions, and Haitians who’ve contributed to and benefited from IOM initiatives.
Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-Common, Antonio Guterres, mentioned that whereas within the French-speaking Caribbean Group (CARICOM) nation, she is scheduled to fulfill with the Prime Minister, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, and different senior officers to debate pressing humanitarian wants and IOM’s assist to displaced communities. He mentioned she’s additionally planning to debate sturdy options and migration governance efforts.
“This morning, Ms. Pope visited a website for internally displaced folks, the place she met with households impacted by gang violence, and he or she additionally addressed IOM workers throughout a city corridor assembly, recognizing their dedication below extraordinarily difficult situations,” he mentioned, including that on Wednesday, the IOM official will temporary reporters about her go to to Haiti.
Final week, the IOM mentioned armed assaults up to now few weeks within the Centre division’s communes of Saut d’Eau and Mirebalais have displaced greater than 30,000 folks.
It mentioned the overwhelming majority of them have remained within the division, and along with different companions, they’re offering help, together with meals, hygiene kits, protected water, and psychosocial assist.
