The United States has increased deportation flights to Haiti, with 101 people flown back to the Caribbean nation on Thursday.
The latest flight departed from Louisiana and landed at Cap-Haitien International Airport in northern Haiti.
According to Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor, the operation marked the third consecutive Thursday deportation flight to Haiti.
The development signals a shift from the previous pattern of monthly deportation flights to weekly removals.
Haiti’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinator, Nicolas Mardochée, confirmed that 101 deportees were aboard the latest flight.
He said the group included Renan Hédouville, a former head of Haiti’s Office of Citizen Protection who is accused of corruption.
The latest deportation comes amid growing criticism of the U.S. removal programme, particularly over the deportation of Haitians who previously held Temporary Protected Status.
Activists have questioned the removal of people who had been legally permitted to live and work in the United States under the protection programme.
The flight landed in Cap-Haitien rather than Port-au-Prince because of the severe security situation surrounding Haiti’s main international airport.
Armed gangs continue to control large parts of Port-au-Prince and areas in the country’s central region.
The violence has also triggered a major humanitarian crisis.
United Nations figures cited in the report indicate that nearly 1.5 million people have been displaced by gang violence across Haiti.
More than 3,050 people were reportedly killed between January and June, underscoring the severity of the crisis.
U.S. deportation flights to Haiti have been operating through Alexandria, Louisiana, since December 2025.
The flights typically stop in Miami before continuing to Cap-Haitien International Airport.
Two separate deportation flights in late August reportedly returned more than 200 people to Haiti.
With weekly flights now replacing the previous monthly schedule, the scale of U.S. deportations to Haiti is attracting increased public and activist scrutiny.
The latest operation has renewed debate over U.S. immigration policy and the conditions facing deportees in a country struggling with widespread gang violence, displacement and insecurity.
