September 27, 2021
Justice For Haitian Refugees!
Solidarité Québec-Haiti and Debout pour la dignité organized a protest in Montreal on Saturday September 25 to vehemently denounce U.S. racism against Haitians, as well as the deportations that are in violation of international law. The MLPC joined the demonstration and calls on all Quebeckers and Canadians to join the denunciation and demand justice for Haitian refugees.
Solidarité Québec-Haiti and Debout pour la dignité point out:
“Over the past few days, we have witnessed horrific pictures of the inhumane treatment being meted out to refugees, mainly originating from Haiti, at the border between Mexico and Texas. The horror reached its peak when the Biden administration decided to deport thousands of these refugees to Haiti after having set border agents on horseback on their trail who, just like veritable slave driver patrolmen, terrorized, insulted and dispersed them. [More]
Montreal Action Condemns U.S. Administration
A militant protest was organized outside the U.S. Consulate in downtown Montreal on Saturday, September 25. The people gathered condemned the U.S. administration’s horrendous treatment of asylum seekers, mainly of Haitian origin, traversing the Rio Grande at the border between the U.S. and Mexico over the past week and their subsequent deportation to Haiti. The action was organized by Solidarity Québec-Haïti and Debout pour la dignité, with many of the participants carrying banners and placards expressing anger and outrage towards the U.S. administration.
Jennie-Laure Sully of Solidarité Québec-Haiti recounted how U.S. border agents on horseback chased back vulnerable refugees to prevent them from crossing the border. The U.S. “has no respect for international law,” she said, adding that the scene “was akin to slave patrollers hunting down and actually catching people with a lasso.” She also informed that “people were lied to and taken aboard a plane and deported to Haiti in an outrageous manner.” She said that what was taking place concerns all of humanity. “We are here to defend human rights, to demand justice for Haitian refugees,” she said. [More]
