"On behalf of the Haitian Government, the Embassy of Haiti in France joins the Consulate General of Haiti in Paris, for once again in this exceptional context, to address the Haitian community of France who continues like the rest of the French population to suffer daily the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Embassy continues to receive regularly, with great sadness, information on deaths or hospilalisation in the intensive care unit, from members of the Haitian community. It particularly deplores the premature departure for the afterlife of several community leaders (religious, associative...), known and respected.

The Embassy once again expresses its full sympathy to the bereaved families and expresses its wishes for recovery to those hospitalized. It hopes that the families concerned will find comfort, as well as the courage necessary to face these moments of great pain. Respecting the privacy of families when the time comes, the Embassy and the Consulate will define with the community associations, the best way to pay a collective tribute to our dear disappeared.

The Embassy of Haiti in France is also attentive to the situation of several Haitian nationals stranded on French territory because of the closure of European and international borders and whose visas have expired. The Embassy informs that it has already taken steps with the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (Quai d'Orsay), in order to intervene with immigration authorities and the Border Police of France, in favor of our nationals, in order to avoid any penalties or sanction when returning to the country.

The Haitian Government is also following with great attention the situation of the Haitian community in France. Through the Embassy, it expresses its solidarity and sympathies to the community, especially to the families affected. The Haitian Chancellor, Claude Jospeh Claude also follows very closely the evolution of the pandemic and particularly its impact on the members of the Haitian diaspora around the world. He will intervene, in due time with his counterparts in several countries concerned to plead the cause of our compatriots.

The pandemic has already spread to Haiti. The Government, within the framework of the fight against Covid-19 and in the concern of protection of the Haitian population has decreed the 'state of emergency' and adopted a whole series of measures. The Embassy encourages members of the Haitian community in France to continue to educate their loved ones in Haiti on the need to respect barrier measures to prevent the spread of the disease.

The Embassy, ​​faced with the number of victims, already registered, who continue to increase daily renews its appeal to the community to respect the health instructions of the French authorities, responsibility and precaution in order to protect themselves [...]"

HL/ HaitiLibre