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Eugene

(62,657 posts)
Wed Sep 22, 2021, 01:01 PM Sep 2021

Angry scenes at Haiti airport as deported migrants arrive

Source: BBC

Angry scenes at Haiti airport as deported migrants arrive

22 September 2021

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Chaos unfolded at Toussaint Louverture airport as one man attempted to re-board the aircraft. The plane's crew rushed to close the jet's doors in time, Reuters news agency reports.

Video footage taken a the airport shows people scrambling for their personal belongings after their bags were dumped out of the plane.

There are reports that some migrants were not told they would be returning to Haiti.

According to a statement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), there were two separate incidents at the airport on Tuesday.

A source told NBC News that the pilots on board one of the flights was assaulted on arrival in Haiti and three US immigration officers were also injured.

In a separate incident in Texas, a group of Haitians reportedly fought Border Patrol agents and attempted to escape after realising they were being deported.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-58650753
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Angry scenes at Haiti airport as deported migrants arrive (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2021 OP
Will probably sink JustAnotherGen Sep 2021 #1
Is Homeland Security KT2000 Sep 2021 #2

KT2000

(20,839 posts)
2. Is Homeland Security
Wed Sep 22, 2021, 02:06 PM
Sep 2021

run by the gestapo? There is a sadistic element there that needs to be rooted out NOW! There is no excuse for this cruel and humiliating treatment. Biden needs to clean house.

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