by TCRN Staff The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asked the Department of Migration to process work permits for Haitians living illegally in Costa Rica. This proposal aims to allow these foreigners to obtain income and send remittances home, which was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.3 degrees on the Richter scale on January [...]
by TCRN Staff Twelve days after the Haitian earthquake on January 12, the official death toll has reached 111,499 dead and is expected to reach 150,000 by Monday. The Minister of Communication, Marie Laurence Lassec, stated yesterday to the press that teams of Haitians, Mexicans and Dominicans are still searching for survivors, despite the UN [...]
by TCRN Staff The earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday threatens to disrupt the process of recovery that had begun years ago in the impoverished country, experts fear. “It is not only unprecedented destruction. The quake abruptly halted a good start,” lamented Bob Perito, coordinator of programs from the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP). “There [...]
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