2026-02-18
TALKING POINTS
525,000-plus Haitians expelled since October 2025 represents a five-fold acceleration over the
2025 monthly average.
Haiti's Humanitarian Response Plan is funded at 3.4 percent against an 880 million USD target.
Deportees are arriving into a country where gangs control the capital and health infrastructure is
collapsed.
IOM has documented deportation of vulnerable populations including pregnant women and
children.
February 18, 2026
No Haitian government reintegration mechanism exists at the scale required.