The State Department announced in March 2024 the plan developed to evacuate American citizens who wish to do so from Haiti. Helicopter flights organized by the American Embassy leave Haiti every day for Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Once arrived at their destinations, Americans are responsible for the rest of their journey to reach the United States by commercial flights.

According to Luis López, AERODOM Communications Director, between 4 and 5 helicopter flights with a capacity of 17 people arrive every day, on Tuesday April 9 around 65 Americans were transferred to the Dominican capital.

For these evacuations which will continue until April 12nd, 2024, the United States has rented two helicopters reserved exclusively for American citizens upon presentation of an identity document confirming their nationality.

Last March, Vedant Patel, the State Department's deputy spokesman, reported that about 1,600 Americans had filled out the crisis intake form informing the government of the aid they wanted to receive. However, Patel said because this is a security operation, he will not release the total number of Americans evacuated.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41965-haiti-insecurity-more-than-230-american-citizens-evacuated-in-one-week.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41935-haiti-department-of-state-helicopters-began-to-evacuate-american-citizens.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41919-haiti-flash-nearly-1-000-americans-in-haiti-request-help-from-the-state-department.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41909-haiti-flash-the-first-flight-of-americans-fleeing-the-chaos-in-haiti-landed-in-miami.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41903-haiti-humanitarian-establishment-of-an-air-bridge-between-the-dominican-rep-and-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41902-haiti-flash-the-state-department-will-evacuate-americans-in-haiti.html

SL/ HaitiLibre