HAITI, Jan 28, 2010. - Many Haitians flee to other departments or want to travel abroad to try to avoid the consequences of the devastating quake in that capital and other localities, on January12. Hundreds of people are seen each morning along Fontamara Central Avenue, trying to get on a public truck that take them far from the devastated city, hoping to have a better future. The scene repeats over and over in other bordering points of the capital. Many of the Haitians that lost their homes and some relatives prefer to begin a new life in other places. "There are many people here, there is no work, we have no houses and will get sick in open settlements," a young man told Prensa Latina. Trips to the interior of the country have become a good business these days, and small trucks keep going back and forth. It looks like a never-ending mission. In Tabarre, hundreds of people are in lines waiting to be welcomed at the US embassy, with the hope or utopia that Washington grants them Temporary Protected Status to legally stay in that country, and get a job permit. There are not only Haitians emigrating of their own free will, but also kids being taken abroad. Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive yesterday warned on possible trafficking of children and organs. Humanitarian organizations have denounced Haitian children face the risk of being victims of human smuggling networks or illegal adoptions, due to chaos and social instability caused by the quake. (Cubaminrex - Prensa Latina) |