Jamaica to send police and soldiers to Haiti this week

Jamaica is expected to announce today the deployment of a team of police and soldiers to Haiti this week.

The team is to assist with planning for a larger contingent.

Jamaica is supporting a multinational force to help restore law and order in Haiti.

Last August, Prime Minister Andrew Holness said Jamaica was prepared to send 200 security personnel to Haiti as part of a multinational force aimed at providing support to the security and humanitarian crisis in the country.

Following an emergency CARICOM summit in March, Jamaica reiterated its support for the international police force, which is led by Kenya and backed by the United Nations and the United States.

In the first three months of the year, the UN said 2,500 people, including at least 82 children, were killed or injured as a result of gang violence in Haiti.

The UN also said that some 362,000 people – half of them children – have been forced to flee their homes.

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