Around twenty families who were left homeless after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti face imminent forced eviction from their makeshift camp in the capital, Port-au-Prince. If evicted they will once again be left homeless.
Approximately twenty families living in Camp KID displacement camp in the Christ-Roi area of Port-au-Prince are currently under the threat of forced eviction. It is known as Camp KID as it is located on land owned by the political organization Committee for Democratic Unity (Komite Inite Demokratik, KID). The families stated that on 10 March someone claiming to be a member of KID told them that they had until 14 March to leave the land or they would be removed by force. The individual claimed that the area the families’ shelters are built on is needed to access a building on the land where the organization’s members meet.
Like thousands of Haitians who were made homeless and forced to settle on vacant plots of land in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in January 2010, the families now living in Camp KID live in improvised shelters with poor sanitary conditions and no running water. They are unable to leave the land until they are provided with adequate alternative accommodation so they can finally begin rebuilding their lives after the earthquake.
Please write immediately in French or your own language:
- Calling on the authorities to ensure that residents of Camp KID are not evicted without due process, adequate notice, consultation and that all those affected have access to adequate alternative accommodation;
- Calling for an investigation into the reported eviction threats made against Camp KID residents;
- Urging them to seek durable solutions to the housing needs of Camp KID residents as well as thousands of others still living in makeshifts camps.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 23 APRIL 2014 TO:
Minister of Justice and Public Security
(Ministre de la Justice et de la Securité Publique)
Jean Renel Sanon
18 avenue Charles Summer
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Email: secretariat.mjsp@yahoo.com, jrsanon@mjsp.gouv.ht
Salutation: Monsieur le Ministre / Dear Minister
General Director of the Haitian Police (Directeur Général de la PNH)
Godson Orélus
Police Nationale d’Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Email: godore68@hotmail.com
Salutation: Monsieur le directeur / Dear Director
And copies to:
Minister for Human Rights and the Reduction of Extreme Poverty
Roseanne Auguste
33, Boulevard Harry Truman
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Email: rosanne.auguste@primature.ht
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country. Please insert local diplomatic addresses below:
Name Address 1 Address 2 Address 3 Fax Fax number Email Email address Salutation Salutation
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The families living in Camp KID are among the hundreds of thousands who were left homeless by the devastating January 2010 earthquake and who had no alternative but to make their own shelters wherever they could. More than four years later, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimate that 146,573 individuals are still living in makeshift camps, with a third of them under risk of forced eviction.
According to the most recent figures from the IOM, there are 316 families – a total of 1,072 people – currently living in Camp KID.