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COVID-19 Response: Lessons from Haiti

IOM’s country office in Haiti assisted the country in boosting its COVID-19 pandemic response by employing a strategy anchored on following pillars: application of a COVID-19 protocol, development of raising awareness activities, COVID-19 contact tracing, and rehabilitation of the local health infrastructure and ambulance system.

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Haitian Migration to Brazil: Characteristics, Opportunities and Challenges

This document is a summary of the main findings from a series of studies conducted during 2013 and 2014 in relation to migration of Haitians heading to Brazil. Since 2010, there has been an increase in the number of Haitian migrants heading to the United States, France and Canada. However, in recent years there has been a shift in the traditional migration trends has positioned South America as a new destination for Haitian migrants.

Protocole de detection, referencement, surveillance et suivi des cas de COVID-19 sur la frontiere terrestre entre Haiti et la Republique Dominicaine

Malgré la fermeture de la frontière terrestre entre Haiti et la République Dominicaine le 16 mars 2020, de nombreux mouvements sont enregistrés par le réseau de surveillance frontalière mis en place par l’Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM). Certains migrants présentent déjà des symptômes d’insuffisance respiratoire aigüe, de grippe ou de COVID-19, comme la fièvre et de la toux.

Trends in irregular migration by sea

This study provides information on observed migration flows, types of movements, the socio-economic profile of migrants as well as their main vulnerabilities, in order to better guide the protection interventions of IOM and its partners.

This document presents the main migration trends, the profiles of Haitian migrants and the sources of funding used by potential migrants.

Available in French in this link.

Best Practice: Support for creating the border police in Haiti

IOM Haiti developed an initiative to create the border police stations throughout the Haitian border area to provide greater security in the areas and fight smuggling and illicit traffic.

Strengthening border management in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

This initiative consisted in the creation of a Protocol that would provide advice on the detection and management of travelers who could be suspected cases of COVID-19, at points of entry in the border territories between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Migration Informations Hubs

This document produced by the Regional Office for Central America, North America and the Caribbean, provides references on Information Hubs on migration, which are information centers that provide direct and clear advice, contributing to better management of migration, protection of migrants and their integration into host communities.

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