AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoElectoral Crisis: Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) chief Jacques Desrosiers rejected any “confrontation” with the Prime Minister’s Office over a draft electoral decree amended by the executive, saying the dispute is about interpretation and asking for dialogue after the CEP dismissed Executive Director Uder Antoine. Labor & Governance: Social Affairs and Labor Minister Marc-Elie Nelson told the ILO in Geneva that Haiti needs stronger ILO support, including a permanent presence, to modernize labor rules, deepen social dialogue, and improve decent work and minimum-wage protections. Security & Displacement: The UN warned that Haiti’s displacement crisis is worsening, with renewed gang attacks in Cité Soleil displacing over 18,000 people in May and pushing Port-au-Prince’s internally displaced total above 300,000. Local Waste Management: Fort-Liberté residents demanded action after a donor-funded landfill remains closed because a missing weighbridge keeps it offline, forcing garbage dumping near the site. Regional Spillover: U.S. authorities intercepted 240 Haitian migrants on an overcrowded vessel near the Turks and Caicos, citing dangerous sea conditions and transferring them to local border custody. US Courts/Immigration: A federal judge struck down Trump-era USCIS policies that paused asylum, work permits, green cards, and citizenship decisions for people from 39 countries, calling the delays unlawful.
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