Médecins Sans Frontières - Video INT - Haitian migrants: nowhere to go

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB132910

Date taken / Date Recorded 03/08/2022 7:52 AM

Country Haiti

Commissioning section MSF-UNITED STATES

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Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 1m54s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 249.54 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist My name is Cédric Chapon,

I'm the project coordinator

for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)

for the project of urban violence in Haiti.

In fact, it's armed groups

in the capital fighting each other and

the violence is increasing to a higher level than seen before,

so an increase of kidnappings, killings.

People tell us that they don't feel safe

in their own home.

They are powerful arms which they're using and

there’s a lot of damage as well for civilians

by stray bullets, unfortunately.

And sometimes they have to displace from their area,

[or] sometimes they cannot exit because

the security context does not allow them

to move from where they live.

So for us, our program is tailored

to the changing situation.

One way that we adapt is actually

when we do the mobile clinics,

so we are bringing the health care

to them into their area.

We come with a team of doctors, midwives, nurses,

health promoters, logisticians, water sanitation specialists...

In fact, the water, it's a big challenge.

Since the beginning of the year,

we have seen an epidemic of scabies,

which is not usual in Haiti,

and this is directly linked to the lack of water.

I think many Haitians want to leave the country

due to the high insecurity and

the lack of basic means,

the lack of hope they have for the future,

and they cannot afford to stay anymore

in this kind of condition.

However, many are expelled back to Haiti

and back into a precarious context.

People fleeing violence in their country

should not be sent back to the same conditions,

but rather should be afforded protection and safety.

Photos
Johnson Sabin
Gabriella Bianchi/MSF