Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is announcing more support for Haiti, as neighbouring countries say they have hope the Caribbean nation can overcome a severe political and humanitarian crisis. Canada is adding two former senators to its list of sanctioned Haitian elites whom Ottawa accuses of supporting gangs, bringing the total to 21 people. Ottawa…
Ottawa Boosts Haiti Sanctions, Police Funding During Summit Aimed at Resolving Crisis
Former Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe Seeks to Contest Canadian Sanctions in Federal Court
Former Haitian prime minister Laurent Lamothe is asking a judge to strike down sanctions Canada imposed on him over claims he supported gangs that have unleashed a humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Lamothe filed a notice of application Thursday with the Federal Court in Montreal, arguing the sanctions were an arbitrary decision that did not give…
Biden’s Migrant Policy Worsens Central America’s ‘Root Causes,’ Critics Say
November 4, 2022
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When Vice President Kamala Harris visited Mexico last year, she cited poverty, crime, and political instability as “root causes” driving millions of migrants to cross the U.S. border. But some critics with regional expertise say Biden administration policies, which migrants have interpreted as an invitation to travel north, have severely worsened those root causes, destabilizing large…
Bangladesh Orders Mass Evacuation as Cyclonic Storm Makes Landfall
Bangladesh authorities have evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from the Cox’s Bazar coast to temporary storm shelters as the deadly Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in the country. The cyclone claimed the lives of at least nine people on Tuesday, destroying houses and damaging power and communication lines in coastal villages, Reuters reported. Cyclone Sitrang…
Pakistan Flood Death Toll Tops 1,300
SEHWAN, Pakistan—Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday visited some of the flood-hit areas that cover as much as a third of the South Asian nation, where 18 more deaths took the toll from days of rain to 1,343. As many as 33 million of a population of 220 million have been affected, officials estimate….
Germany Says It Helped 21,000 People Get out of Afghanistan
BERLIN—The German government has managed to get more than 21,000 former local employees and other endangered people out of Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power almost a year ago, Germany’s foreign minister said Thursday. However, around 10,000 people are still waiting for an opportunity to get out with German help, Annelena Baerbock told reporters in…
Asylum Seekers Overwhelm Shelters in Portland, Maine
June 5, 2022
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Facing an impending humanitarian crisis, Portland Family Shelters Director Mike Guthrie has a simple message to anyone who will listen, “We need help!” Guthrie, a hands-on, frontline worker in the effort to feed, clothe, and house a continuous flow of foreign nationals arriving in Portland by airplane or bus from the U.S. southern border, told…
Biden’s Border Blunders: Red States Are Taking the Lead
With the anticipation that President Joe Biden will end the Trump-era Title 42 program that has allowed border agents to turn away migrants and reduce immigration due to the pandemic, a new border crisis and surge are expected after this green light for immigrants. And although Republicans have warned against this lack of logic, now…
Since Taliban Gain Control, Over Half of Afghan Population Doesn’t Have ‘Enough to Eat’
NEW DELHI—Already stressed by continuous drought and conflict the number of Afghans needing humanitarian assistance increased from 18 million to 24 million after the Taliban took over the country on Aug, 15, according to Babar Baloch, the global spokesperson, for the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The 24 million in need account for over half of…
Beijing, Moscow, Ankara Push US Out of Red Sea Dominance
Commentary Washington’s escalating hybrid warfare operations against Ethiopia may have cost the United States its strategic influence over the globally-vital Red Sea/Suez sea lanes. The U.S. abandonment of Ethiopia has forced its government to seek allies and protection elsewhere, and Russia, China, and Turkey have rushed in to fill the power vacuum. The now-open hostility…
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