TO ACCOMPANY AFP STORY HAITI-US-CRIME-JU

TO ACCOMPANY AFP STORY HAITI-US-CRIME-JUSTICE-IMMIGRATION by Clement SABOURINGeorges Desroches,(L) a Haitian deported from US, after signing in April 19, 2011 at the police DCPJ (Direction Centrale de la Police Judiciaire in Port-au-Prince. Washington had suspended expulsions on humanitarian grounds after last year's earthquake killed more than 220,000 Haitians and flattened the capital city, where 1.5 million people remain homeless.Until then, the United States annually sent back about 700 Haitian nationals with criminal records. But early this year, the US government resumed expulsions. Twenty-seven of the "deported," as they are called on the island, were sent back in January, followed by 19 others earlier this month. AFP PHOTO /Thony BELIZAIRE (Photo credit should read THONY BELIZAIRE/AFP via Getty Images)