As Port-a-Prince falls further into chaos, evacuations in Haiti are expanding.

Haiti's Sunrise Airways now selling tickets on flights from Cape Haitian to Miami. France's foreign minister says their government is organizing chartered flights out for French nationals, and the US State Department continues to evacuate Americans. But some, welcome to our cafeteria, our dining room. Like Florida pastor David Wine, are choosing not to leave.

Well, I come Haiti three months and then go back to the US for one month. For me, this is my family here.

He's run an orphanage about 35 minutes outside of Port-a-Prince since 2012. Say hello.

I have people knocking on my gate, day and night. Pastor David, we need food. We can't feed our families. Our families are hungry. Don't get I know how dangerous it is because we had to evacuate in August. I had to load 85 people in the back of a big truck, and we had to literally flee from here, guns blasting. I just can't imagine not being here.

Sitting next to him is Fritz. He's 18 years old and was primarily raised by David.

I love where I am. The other place where I came from, it's a gang area.

Have you ever thought Maybe I'll just leave Haiti and I'll go start a life or somewhere else.

I thought about it, but it's difficult. I want to see change in my country.

What is your hope for Haiti's future, for your future?

For my future, I want to graduate from school first, and that will only be possible if the gangs let the school function.

In Port-a-Prince, many schools are closed because of the escalating violence. In other parts of Haiti, schools are open, but some parents are scared to send their kids, or they're so desperate for food, they need them to work. This boy is just 13 years old. He told us he skipped school and walked, crossing the border to sell candles along the bridge in Dajabon, Dominican Republic. He told us his mom and younger brother and sister are waiting for him on the Haitian side of the border. Most Haitians cross the border temporarily, trying to find food, toilet paper, and work. Others cross hoping to stay and build a new life in the Dominican Republic, only to realize they're not wanted. And the DR's President has vowed to increase deportations.

As we were driving, making our way towards the border with Haiti, we were behind for about an hour. This immigration truck inside it is full of migrants. They were standing all crammed in here. They are about to, we believe, be let go right here on the border and just told to cross back into Haiti, where many of them will not have food and are certainly faced with the threat of violence every single day.

But with our cameras focused on the van, the immigration official seemed uncomfortable, one waving at the other to stop. Then they drove closer to the border where cameras could not go, and later returned with an empty van.

People, they can temporarily come here to get some goods, buy things like this from the market, take it across Haiti, but there really is not massive amounts of aid that is crossing into the border here. Just down this way, if we keep walking a little, we have to watch our step time, but we can walk this way and show you some. That is the gate. That's where Haiti is on the other side. You see the flag there. There's just not a lot of help going through. You were in Ukraine, covering the war in Ukraine. Remember on the Polish side in the early days when violence started to erupt there, Poland and other European nations, they were very quick to open their doors and say, If you're a refugee, come across. That is not happening for Haitians by and large. In the Dominican Republic's government, they have been very clear, not only do they plan to continue deporting Haitian migrants, they also say they will absolutely not open any refugee camps.

Tom.

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