This week the members of the Steering Committee of the project "Help for vulnerable children and women in border regions in Haiti", funded by Canada and implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Ministry of Social Affairs, met to follow up the progress of the project and discuss the topic of illegal migration.

This project, which aligns with Canada's international feminist aid policy and promotes the empowerment of women and girls, in addition to protecting their rights, aims to improve the capacities of local actors in their fight against illegal migration and human trafficking and setting up referencing mechanisms to promote the protection of vulnerable migrants, especially children and women.

To date, the project has successfully trained 295 national protection actors, established and put into operation 4 Border Resource Centers (CRF) Malpasse, Ouanaminthe, Anse-à-Pitres and Belladère for the reception of migrants deported from the Dominican Republic, rehabilitate 6 Support Centers for Vulnerable Migrants and documented 2,073 migrants.

Canada reminds all project partners of the importance of continuing to ensure good collaboration with the Haitian authorities, in particular to ensure the protection and respect of the rights of vulnerable children and women and in general that of illegal migrants.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-24025-haiti-dr-nearly-35-000-haitians-deported-or-turned-back-in-haiti-since-the-beginning-of-the-year.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23513-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22880-icihaiti-dr-inauguration-of-the-3rd-border-resource-center.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22801-haiti-rd-229-885-haitian-volunteers-or-deportees-back-in-haiti-since-2015.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23629-haiti-economy-iom-helps-hundreds-of-haitians-back-from-dr-to-have-a-small-business.html

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