In Guadeloupe, associations denounce the administration of Haitian migrants by the authorities | EUROtoday

Difficult to gather testimonies from the primary individuals involved. Fear of being acknowledged, arrested… everybody we met refused to testify. Haitians in an irregular scenario in Guadeloupe guarantee they reside “in fear”between two “djobs”these small day by day jobs that are legion on the archipelago, notably within the agricultural sector. “There have been large arrivals over the past year and a half, since the gangs have been rampant in Haiti” explains Johnny Désir, the president of Tèt Kolé, a Haitian cultural affiliation current within the archipelago, which tries to assist its nationals as finest it may, the latter struggling to regularize their keep, regardless of the scenario of their nation.

In the grip of now continual political instability, Haiti, and particularly the Port-au-Prince area, has for a number of months been beneath the yoke of armed and violent gangs which have triggered a number of thousand deaths. “Even if people go more willingly to the United States, Guadeloupe is also a frequent destination for our population”provides Johnny Désir.

But, as soon as there, the executive technique of acquiring a residence allow is more and more advanced, even dysfunctional, the delays are lengthy and the renunciations quite a few. Lucie Curet, nationwide delegate for the Americas area at La Cimade, an affiliation serving to migrants, believes that if, “Before, our job was to help migrants through the legal process of their application for a residence permit or asylum application”, Today, “our first help is to find an appointment for people who request one from the prefecture”. The Tèt Kolé affiliation, which may, “ until about two months ago », have some facilities for obtaining appointments, particularly for urgent cases, was told that “ Now it was over.”, says its president.

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