After daring voyage to U.S., Haitians' dreams end in deportation

Marieline Jean, who was deported back to Haiti from the United States, covers her face with her hands as she poses for a portrait at the house where she lives, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 30, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - John Stevens Val borrowed $3,000 (£2,402) from friends and family and trekked through 10 countries to make his way to the United States, where he hoped life would be better than in Haiti, his impoverished homeland.

But in the end he landed in a U.S. immigration detention centre and was deported back to Haiti, deep in debt and struggling to integrate, like so many other Haitians.