Another 200 police officers from Kenya have arrived in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country.
A Kenyan police officer who is part of a UN-backed multinational force kneels on the tarmac in thanks after landing at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the Caribbean country.
The mission also aims to quell gangs accused of killing more than 4,450 people last year and injuring another 1,668, according to the U.N, more than double compared with the previous year. More than 1,500 people were killed or injured in the first three months of this year.“The fear of the Haitians is that this mission, as has occurred in the past … will only achieve a temporary reduction in violence,” said Diego Da Rin, with the International Crisis Group, who was recently in Haiti.
“Security has not improved,” he said as he pushed a wheelbarrow of sugarcane near the airport. “On top of that, kidnappings have started again.” He and his family have been living in a friend's yard under a tarp, exposed to sweltering heat and heavy rains.
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