ARTICLE - CAMP SYLVIO CATOR WILL BE EVACUATED

FRIDAY, THE DISPLACED OF CAMP SYLVIO CATOR WILL BE EVACUATED
(Haiti Libre) -

This Friday, July 15, 2011 is the date chosen by the City Council of Port-au-Prince to evacuate the displaced from the camp, which occupies the space around the Stade Sylvio Cator.

After a series of meetings, the Mayor, Muscadin Jean-Yves Jason has indicated to the displaced, the permanent abandonment of their shelters to a new site, located at Boulevard Harry Truman (Bicentenaire) near the premises of the Electricity of Haiti. "Mayor Jason told us, you must either willingly or by force, leave the space Friday for the necessary follow-up", have reported some displaced on the site.

For his part, Charles Delson, the Spokesman of the camp committee, indicated that the IDPs are ready to evacuate the place through "accompanying measures, that allow displaced people to live in dignity [...] We have the right to be relocated to a healthy environment and not in an area likely to aggravate our situation."

While the mayor estimated as 40, the number of families living around the stadium, the figure provided by the Camp Committee exceeds 500 families. "We conducted our census in the night and we counted 514 families," says the Committee.

The displaced fear that once evacuated, they will be abandoned. "We are very concerned about the evacuation announced by the mayor of Port-au-Prince, who intends to act in many ways as the City Council of Delmas did last May. People expelled were abandoned to their fate and have received nothing to date" complained a young mother living near the stadium. "In 48 hours, the authorities will be able to install us at Bicentenaire, where nothing is installed to welcome us ....] Transfer us during the rainy season; transfer us to Bicentenaire, near swamps and the sea, will protect us more?. These are the questions raised by the displaced who say that they had received the day before, a visit from President Michel Martelly who assured his support.