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Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti
Joint motion RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009
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- 29 April 2026
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| Ba. whereas on 1 March 2025 the Haitian authorities launched a Task Force operated by the private American military company Vectus Global, whose founder is linked to the notorious Blackwater; whereas this Task Force has been reportedly responsible for killing at least 1 243 people and injuring 738, including children, according to BINUH; |
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| Da. whereas recent United States aid cuts have further aggravated Haiti’s humanitarian crisis by disrupting essential services, including child protection and nutrition programmes; |
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| Fa. whereas Haiti is ranked third worldwide in the Long-Term Climate Risk Index; whereas climate change worsens food insecurity, displacement, poverty and social instability in a country already weakened by debt, foreign interference and institutional collapse; |
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| Fb. whereas Haiti’s current crisis cannot be separated from the colonial indemnity imposed by France in 1825, which drained the country’s resources for over a century, nor from subsequent debt dependence, externally imposed economic policies and repeated foreign interference, in particular from the United States with no less than 15 years of occupation; |
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| 5a. Joins the call made by a coalition of around 20 Haitian and international NGOs at the 2024 United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, and echoed by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, for Haiti to be reimbursed in some way for the colonial debt imposed in 1825, recognising that this historical extortion drained the country’s resources for generations, undermined its development, weakened its institutions and helped create the conditions of poverty, dependence and fragility that continue to expose Haiti to violence, criminal capture and exploitation; |
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| 6. Notes the reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti; | 6. Deeply regrets the reductions in USAID and UN funding; calls for the EU and its Member States to increase humanitarian support, including protection and healthcare for victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation; urges host countries to halt deportations to Haiti; |
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European Parliament (2026). “B10-0209/2026 } - B10-0220/2026 } - B10-0225/2026 } - B10-0228/2026 } - B10-0230/2026 } RC1/Am. 4 - Amendment 4 - Rima Hassan - on behalf of The Left Group - Joint motion for a resolution - PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE - Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti”. Text, 29 April 2026. docId RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009, reference RC-B10-0209/2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009 (CC BY 4.0).
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@misc{epw-text-rc-10-2026-0209-am-004-009,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{B10-0209/2026 \} - B10-0220/2026 \} - B10-0225/2026 \} - B10-0228/2026 \} - B10-0230/2026 \} RC1/Am. 4 - Amendment 4 - Rima Hassan - on behalf of The Left Group - Joint motion for a resolution - PPE, S\&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE - Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti}},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-04-29},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Text. docId RC-10-2026-0209-AM-004-009, reference RC-B10-0209/2026. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}