In a report on Saturday, the UNHCR said six of the deaths, including that of a minor, occurred in the small town of Desaguadero, where a bridge over a river of the same name links Peru and Bolivia.
According to a UNHCR spokeswoman in Peru, Iris Bano Romero, the other death, occurred in the town of Juli, also near the Bolivian border.
The Haitians fell victim to a combination of factors: difficult access to food, shelter, and supplies; and temperatures — at an altitude of 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) — sometimes near freezing.
In addition to the deaths, two other people have been hospitalized with pneumonia since last Thursday, one of them in critical condition.
Bano Romero said the deaths and illnesses occurred despite the “very generous” efforts of locals to help.
The Haitians, some of whom had spent years in Chile or Brazil, we’re hoping to eventually reach the United States.
Source- BBC
