The capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, will be emptied of residents following a devastating magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the Richter scale.
The government plans to relocate 400 of thousands of earthquake survivors from outside the capital Port Au Prince. There are currently no time will this relocation, but will be made soon. The 400 thousand residents will be placed in tents erected into a township.
"The bus has been sent to transport the victims of the earthquake survivors out of Port-au-Prince," said the Haitian Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime, as reported by the Associated Press (Friday, 22 / 1).
The bus will bring survivors to the south and north of Haiti. Settlements can accommodate up to 10 thousand refugees. According to Bien-Aime, about 100 thousand people have been placed in ten shelters in the outskirts of the city in December Bouquets Croix.
Until now, an estimated 1.5 million citizens of Port au Prince have lost their homes due to the quake struck Haiti last January 12. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), is now, as many as 500 thousand people living in 447 camps. Of the 350 shelters built, only 179 tents equipped with adequate facilities. While three of the shelter facility is equipped with adequate clean water
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