France has evacuated 170 of its citizens, 70 other Europeans – including staff from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – and others out of Haiti in light of the country’s security situation. Thanks to the mission carried out in cooperation with the defence ministry, the most vulnerable people were able to leave the Caribbean state, the foreign ministry in Paris announced on Wednesday. Evacuees were flown by French army helicopters to a French ship, which will take them to Fort-de-France, the capital of the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Commercial flights to Haiti have been cancelled due to the security situation. + How Swiss authorities deals with stranded citizens abroad All SDC staff out of the country According to the foreign ministry in Bern, three staff members from the SDC’s humanitarian office were also able to leave Haiti on Sunday with French support; they will be temporarily relocated to Santo Domingo in the neighbouring Dominican Republic.
