"Since Haiti's devastating earthquake in 2010, the country has been in turmoil. Armed gangs have taken control of almost all of the nation's capital Port-au-Prince in a conflict that has forced some 1.3m people from their homes and fuelled famine-level hunger. Travellers are warned against visiting the nation of 12m people because of the risk of kidnappings, crimes, terrorist activity and civil unrest."
""It's impossible because it's too dangerous," said Migne. "I usually live in the countries where I work, but I can't here. There are no more international flights landing there," he told France Football magazine. Migne, who was Cameroon's assistant at the last World Cup, relied on information about local players from Haitian football federation officials by telephone. "They gave me information, and I managed the team remotely.""
"Their squad is now all foreign-based and includes Wolves' France-born midfielder Jean-Ricner Bellegarde. They also hope to persuade Sunderland forward Wilson Isidor, who was born in France to Haitian parents, to join them. Haiti's victory over Nicaragua sealed their place at the summer's World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada for the first time since 1974."
Haiti beat Nicaragua 2-0 to qualify for their second World Cup. Manager Sebastien Migne has not been able to set foot in Haiti since his appointment 18 months ago because a conflict forces home matches to be played 500 miles away in Curacao. Armed gangs control much of Port-au-Prince, displacing about 1.3 million people and contributing to famine-level hunger, and travellers are warned due to kidnappings and unrest. Migne managed the team remotely using information from the Haitian federation. The squad is entirely foreign-based and includes Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, with hopes to recruit Wilson Isidor.
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