Haiti’s Foreign Ministry Steps Up Efforts to Repatriate Slanda François from Russia

Haiti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to secure the repatriation of Slanda François, a 31-year-old student who has been held since October 2025 at a migrant detention center in the Russian capital after being issued an order to leave the country, Le Nouvelliste learned from Foreign Minister Raina Forbin on Wednesday, July 8, 2026.

"The visa application for Haiti's Chargé d'Affaires in Vietnam is currently being processed by the Russian Embassy in Hanoi, while the competent Russian au