Kenya sent more than 200 police officers to Haiti on Saturday, providing backup to an understaffed security mission in the Caribbean country where rampant gang violence has displaced more than a million people.

Kenya deployed over 200 police officers to Haiti to strengthen the anti-gang mission amid escalating violence. With over a million displaced, the U.N.-backed initiative has seen pledges from 10 countries but minimal action.

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.”

A state of emergency has been in place across the Caribbean nation for months as the government battles gangs.

A new contingent of 217 additional Kenya police Kenya arrived in Port-au-Prince on Saturday aboard a chartered airplane escorted by the U.S. military. This came after months of uncertainty about whether President William Ruto would continue to field cops for the struggling mission in Haiti,

General Service Unit and Border police from Kenya stand in formation as they wait for the arrival of the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 22, 2024. (Roberto Schmidt/Pool/AFP/Getty Images via TNS)

An additional 217 Kenyan police officers landed in Haiti on Saturday to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridden Caribbean island.