OFFICIALS of the International Organisation for Migration have confirmed that there has been an increase of immigrants leaving Haiti to escape the recent turmoil. The Associated Press reported this week that more than 40 people have been killed and dozens injured in more than two months of demonstrations organised by opposition leaders demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse amid anger over corruption, ballooning inflation and a scarcity of basic goods. AP reported that at least four people were shot and wounded during a small protest in Haiti's capital on Monday after a speech by President Moise. Over the last several weeks, Haiti's national police have also been protesting and threatening to send the country into chaos if their government does not pay them six months of salary they are owed. IOM's Chief of Mission in Haiti, Giuseppe Loprete told The Tribune that the UN agency has been monitoring the protests and confirmed that since former Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Henry Ceant resigned in March, there has been an increase of Haitians fleeing their homeland due to the socio-economic deterioration.

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