US EditionGang violence displaced a record 1.3 million people in Haiti, UN report finds
- On June 11, 2025, the International Organization for Migration announced that escalating armed violence in Haiti has forced a record 1.3 million people to abandon their homes.
- The surge in displacement, reaching a 24% increase since December, results from gangs controlling 85% of Port-au-Prince and expanding violence into provincial areas.
- Displaced populations are forced into congested temporary camps where essential services such as safe water, medical care, and schooling are scarce, while humanitarian organizations face growing needs amid insufficient funding.
- Amy Pope, Director General of IOM, emphasized that each statistic represents countless individuals enduring profound hardship—including children, mothers, and older adults—many of whom have been compelled to leave their homes repeatedly.
- The displacement crisis deepens Haiti's humanitarian emergency, suggesting urgent need for sustainable solutions addressing gang violence and alternatives for youth involvement in armed groups.
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UN human rights chief urges international support amidst escalating gang violence in Haiti
United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, expressed alarm over escalating violence in Haiti on Friday, as gangs expand territory and continue to commit extrajudicial homicides, kidnappings, and rapes. Türk stated: Alarming as they are, numbers cannot express the horrors Haitians are being forced to endure on a daily basis. I am horrified by the ever-increasing spread of gang attacks and other human rights abuses beyond the capital, an…
At least 2680 people were killed in the ever-increasing gang violence in Haiti from January to May, said Friday the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who says he is "horrified".
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