How Nicaragua is helping – and charging – Haitians who want to reach the United States

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Across the street from the departure terminal at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti’s gang-plagued capital, hundreds of anxious travelers spill out onto the road from an overflowing parking lot, listening for their Nicaragua-bound flight to be called. As ticket agents in white shirts walk through the chaotic crowd, there is chatter about how many days some have been camping out and the desperation driving them to Managua, the new migration springboard for migrants seeking asylum in the United States. “There is nowhere that is simple,” one young man says...