United Kingdom moving on assistance to Embattled Haiti

By Dana Malcolm

Staff Writer

#UnitedKingdom, October 29, 2022 – The deteriorating situation in Haiti has caught international attention and the UK is aiming to do something about it according to Nigel Dakin, TCI Governor.

The worsening humanitarian crisis in the French speaking Caribbean nation has landed them on the Institute for Economics and Peace list of hotspot countries in their most recent Ecological Threat Report.

Hotspot countries are ranked by the number of catastrophic threats they face. Of the four major threats, food security, water security, population growth and natural disasters Haiti was listed as suffering from three, making it increasingly difficult for the nation to get back on its feet.

“The interplay between ecological threats and socio-economic dynamics may lead a country into a vicious cycle of progressively greater adversity,” said The IES.

Haiti was the only Caribbean country listed, and was named 17th worse affected on the list of 27.

Governor Dakin agreed that the deterioration was incredibly concerning and highlighted plans the UK released to help tackle the issue this week.

In a statement by UK Ambassador James Kariuki at the UN Security Council briefing on Haiti labeled “Restoring security and stability for the Haitian people” The UK maintained it was deeply concerned.

It expressed that the country was open to discussion about boots on the ground welcoming discussion on the authorisation of an international security assistance mission.

In addition, the UK offered its full support to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti.

Despite the great physical distance between the two nations, the UK has responsibility for several countries in the immediate vicinity of Haiti including the Turks and Caicos Islands.