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Experts say U.S. aid suspension risks worsening Haiti’s humanitarian crisis
Summary
Panelists at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission warned that abrupt cuts to U.S. assistance and restrictive migration policies could deepen displacement, hunger and disease in Haiti and advised redesigning support around Haitian-led priorities.
Corinne Paul, senior policy adviser for civil and political rights at the American Jewish World Service, told the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission briefing that an abrupt U.S. cut in aid risks costing lives in Haiti and complicating an already severe humanitarian emergency.
"The U.S.'s abrupt aid stoppage will cost lives," Paul said, urging the U.S. to consider the consequences of halting programs that sustain health, food and shelter services. Paul and other panelists said more than 1,000,000 people are internally displaced and that displacement approaches levels seen after the 2010 earthquake.
Why it matters: panelists said suspension or redirection of aid can immediately reduce food distributions, health services, and protections…
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