Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said he would deploy Royal Canadian Navy vessels off the coast of Haiti in the coming weeks, in the midst of the island's humanitarian and security crisis.
The United Nations in October suggested a "rapid action force" be sent to help the national police fight armed gangs, which have grown since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise., though abuses from past missions and support for Prime Minister Ariel Henry's administration has fueled some scepticism.
On Tuesday, more than 40 civil society representatives signed an open letter rejecting any draft resolution backing Henry's administration and demanding reparations to the families of those killed in a U.N.-linked cholera outbreak a decade ago.the force could be created, stressing the need for urgency, though no country has yet volunteered to lead such a force.
On Twitter, people reacted with skepticism over how the deployment of Canadian ships would help the crisis. Reporting by Jared Higgs in Nassau and Harold Isaac in Port-au-Prince; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Anthony Esposito, David Gregorio and Chris Reese
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