UN: More than one million people internally displaced in Haiti

The number of people displaced within the country by criminal gangs has tripled in one year, according to the UN, which recorded a record number of homicides. Civil society is annoyed by the government's inaction.

Geneva: More than one million people, most of them children, are displaced in Haiti, where gang violence does not stop despite the start last year of a security mission supported by the United Nations (UN), which yesterday showed data from the global agency.

Haiti gang violence displaces more than 1M people: UN migration agency

'Haiti needs sustained humanitarian assistance right now to save and protect lives,' says director general of International Organization for Migration - Anadolu Ajansı

GENEVA.- More than a million people, mostly children, have been displaced in Haiti as a result of gang violence, said the International Organization for Migration (IOM), a UN agency on Tuesday. The count of 1.04 million displaced persons made public by the agency represents a triple increase since December 2023. Never before were so many people displaced by violence in the country, according to UN data.“In December 2023, we registered about 315,…

Haiti’s Humanitarian Crisis Worsens with Over a Million Displaced - teleSUR English

The humanitarian crisis in Haiti has reached alarming levels, with over one million people now displaced due to escalating violence and instability. According to recent reports, the situation has deteriorated significantly, with many families forced to flee their homes and seek refuge in overcrowded shelters and makeshift camps. Related:Gang Violence in Haiti Claims Over 5,600 Lives in 2024 The displacement crisis has been exacerbated by ongoing…

This significant increase in displacement is worrying, as it has increased from 315,000 in December 2023 to more than one million in just one year. More than one million people are internally displaced in Haiti, according to figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Latest data indicate that 1,041,000 people, many of whom have been displaced on multiple occasions, are facing an increasingly serious humanitarian cris…