U.S. Reissues “Do Not Travel” Warning for Haiti

The U.S. State Department is continuing to tell Americans not to travel to Haiti amid ongoing civil unrest in the island nation.

“Do not travel to Haiti due to kidnapping, crime, terrorist activity, civil unrest and limited health care,” the advisory reads.

The State Department has warned against travel to Haiti since July 2023, and the country has been under a state of emergency since March 2024. 

The United Nations has called the situation in Haiti, highlighted by extreme gang violence, the displacement of more than 1 million people, and widespread reports of human rights abuses, a “humanitarian crisis.”

The warning also calls out the situation at Port-au-Prince International Airport (PAP), where no U.S. commercial flights currently operate.

“Travelers are sometimes followed and violently attacked and robbed shortly after leaving the airport, or while entering or leaving hotels in Port-au-Prince,” the advisory states.