Haiti bans charter flights to Nicaragua in blow to migrants fleeing poverty and violence
Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Haiti's government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States, according to a bulletin issued Monday that The Associated Press obtained. Haiti’s government did not provide an explanation for the decision in its bulletin, which was first reported by The Miami Herald. Civil aviation authorities in Haiti did not respond to a message seeking comment. The move left a couple of thousand angry and bewildered Travel ers stranded in a parking lot facing Haiti's main international airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince surrounded by their luggage, with some holding babies. “I have to seek a better life elsewhere because Haiti doesn’t offer my generation anything," said 2...