Jamaica has announced the beginning of the deployment of its personnel to Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission. Prime Minister Andrew Holness made the announcement on Tuesday, September 10. According to the Jamaican leader, his country will deploy 24 personnel to Haiti “to provide support in command, planning, and logistics.” The group, comprising 20 members of the Jamaica Defence Force and four police officers, is expected to arrive in Port-au-Prince on Thursday, September 12. They will join the 400 Kenyan police officers who arrived in Port-au-Prince between June and July 2024.

“Security forces remain ready to support additional deployments as part of our overall commitment as the mission in Haiti intensifies,” Holness stated after a cabinet meeting. “Jamaica has a strong fraternal bond with the Haitian people, and we stand by their side.”