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B100411/2025

B100434/2025

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on the humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret

The European Parliament,

–− having regard to Rule 150150(5) of its Rules of Procedure,Procedure

A. Whereas in September 2025, Cabaret was hit by a deadly gang attack following the killing of a local gang leader;

whereas on 11 September, armed gangs in the Cabaret commune of Haiti’s West Department killed more than 40 people;

B. Whereas Haiti’s political institutions remain paralyzed with no viable post-2026 governance plan, while the underfunded Multinational Security Support Mission faces personnel and equipment shortages; whereas the Security Council authorized its transition to the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), funding sources remain unclear;

whereas, since President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in July 2021, gangs have dramatically expanded their power, and have plunged Haitians into a chronic state of insecurity, including by killing and kidnapping people, looting and burning homes and public buildings, targeting and exploiting children, and committing sexual violence;

C. Whereas in the first eight months of 2025, over 4,000 homicides occurred and nearly 1.4 million people, half of them children, were internally displaced despite the absence of a comprehensive plan;

whereas more than 16,000 people have been killed in armed violence since 2022; whereas law enforcement accounts for more than half of killings and injuries in 2025; whereas the government has stepped up its use of explosive drones, leading to hundreds of deaths;

D. Whereas the assassination of President Moïse in 2021, disputed leadership, rising gang federations like the G9 Family and Allies led by Jimmy Chérizier (“Barbecue”), and pervasive corruption have undermined Haiti’s government, eroded public trust and fuelled widespread social unrest and political instability;

whereas the humanitarian situation in Haiti is dire, with over 1.3 million people displaced and half of the population facing food insecurity; whereas gang violence has restricted humanitarian access; whereas the UN’s Humanitarian Response Plan is only eight percent funded;

E. Whereas criminal gangs, enjoying near-total impunity, have entrenched parallel governance across Haiti, using assault, looting, massacres, and sexual violence to instil fear and consolidate control, leaving girls and women especially vulnerable and survivors with limited access to protection and care;

whereas the healthcare system is collapsing, and the closure of schools has deprived 1.2 million children of education;

F. Whereas the expansion of gang rule has prompted the rise of self-defence brigades, some of which reportedly operate in coordination with the police, further fuelling violence;

whereas shortfalls in personnel, funding and equipment have severely limited the ability of the UN-authorised Multinational Security Support mission; whereas on 30 September 2025, the UN Security Council approved the much larger Gang Suppression Force to tackle gang violence;

G. Whereas Haiti is facing harsh migrations policies from the United States (US) and the Dominican Republic, with the US planning to end Temporary Protected Status and significantly reducing humanitarian aid, suspending around 80% of funded programs.

whereas, in 2024, nearly 200,000 people were deported to Haiti;

1. Calls on the transitional government to prioritize justice, humanitarian aid and reparations for survivors of sexual violence; coordinate and implement all security measures;

Strongly condemns the brutal attack by armed gangs in the Cabaret commune;

2. Calls on all Haitian political, social, and economic actors to forge a national pact to ensure stabilization and prevent armed group financing and trafficking of weapons;

Expresses its deepest concerns over the alarming escalation of violence and widespread human rights abuses, as well as the paralysis of Haiti’s political institutions;

3. Calls on the EU to support comprehensive demobilization, reconciliation, and reintegration programs, especially for children, and to address stigma, cycles of revenge, and human rights violations, including through concrete efforts to promote peacebuilding;

Welcomes the authorisation of the new Gang Suppression Force; calls for urgently ensuring that it is properly staffed, funded, and equipped to fulfil its mandate, including to secure humanitarian access, with robust human rights and accountability safeguards; urges Member States to expedite efforts; stresses that security efforts must go hand-in-hand with humanitarian and development investments;

4. Call on the EU to increase meaningful support for urgent humanitarian needs and long-term development, while establishing strict monitoring mechanisms to ensure that all funding directly benefits Haitian people, safeguards the enjoyment of human rights, and effectively meets their humanitarian needs;

Calls on the Haitian authorities to create the conditions for a lasting peace, involving civil society and implementing social programmes, to end impunity and ensure that all criminals, including political leaders and economic elites, are brought to justice; and to operationalise and support the specialised judicial units to investigate mass crimes;

5. Calls on the EU to adopt a coordinated, long-term coherent strategy, with binding commitments and adequate funding to support security, development and political transition in Haiti, ensuring the active participation of Haitian civil society, and backing the establishment of a full-fledged UN mission;

Calls on the EU and its Member States to continue to adopt sanctions against those engaged in gang violence, criminal activities, or human rights abuses;

6. Calls on the EU to ensure that the new GSF is backed by clear funding, increased personnel, operational bases, accountable donor commitments, and transparent operations that uphold Haitian sovereignty, protect human rights, and address root causes of instability;

Deeply regrets reductions in humanitarian aid and UN funding; calls on the Commission and the Member States to urgently increase support and funding to address acute humanitarian needs, including food, health care, protection for victims, assistance for displaced persons, and reintegration of deportees, and to support hurricane preparedness.

7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Haitian authorities.

Expresses grave concern regarding the situation of Haitian asylum seekers; urges authorities in host countries to halt all expulsions and deportations to Haiti;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the HRVP, the Cariforum institutions, and the Haitian authorities.