Summary

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French Armed Forces
Sunday
Haiti (exact location not provided)

March 24, 2024

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-People arriving with suitcases; luggage inspection; people waiting; people walking towards helicopter and boarding; helicopter lifting up; helicopter arriving at French ship and being checked-in

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France has evacuated some 240 people from Haiti, foreign ministry says

France has evacuated more than 170 French citizens and nearly 70 citizens of European and third nations from Haiti following the halting of commercial flights from the country, the French foreign ministry said in a statement Wednesday

These people were evacuated on French military helicopter flights to a waiting French naval vessel, which transported them to the French territory of Martinique, per the ministry

Footage of the evacuations released by the French Armed Forces shows a military helicopter, escorted by armed personnel, landing during the day and night on a playground in an urban area of Haiti, before loading waiting civilians

Per the French Armed Forces, some of these evacuation flights occurred on March 24
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FRANCE HAITI EVACUATION CRISIS

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