Chaos at Haitian airport as deportees arrive from US

DOZENS of Haitian migrants ran back on to the runway and tried to reboard a deportation plane after being expelled from the United States.

In frantic scenes at Haiti’s main airport, security guards were seen trying to close the plane door and pull migrants away from the vehicle.

Several deportees threw shoes at the jet, shouting: “This is abuse! How is this possible?”

The group had disembarked from the second of four flights that arrived in Port au Prince on Tuesday, with some struggling to find their belongings amid the scuffle with police.

Joe Biden, the US president, is facing mounting criticism and calls to stop an expulsions policy the UN refugee chief said may be illegal.

Earlier this week, heavy-handed policing on the southern border saw lasso-wielding officers on horseback deployed to the Rio Grande to stop the thousands of mostly Haitian migrants from crossing into the US.

Dozens of Texas National Guard and Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles are now parked along the border for miles to create a “steel barrier”.

Some 9,000 Haitian migrants remain in a squalid camp underneath the bridge between Del Rio and Ciudad Acuña, but efforts to deport them are ramping up under a sweeping public health order created by Donald Trump and kept in place under Mr Biden.

Among those trying to get back on the plane was Maxine Orelien, who blamed Haiti’s prime minister for the situation. “What can we provide for our family?” he said. “We can’t do anything for our family here. There is nothing in this country.”

Despite the protests, several more flights are scheduled in upcoming days.