A record number of nearly 1.5 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti to seek refuge elsewhere in the country, a United Nations agency said on Friday, noting that more than half of the displaced are women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A record number of nearly 1.5 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti to seek refuge elsewhere in the country, a United Nations agency said on Friday, noting that more than half of the displaced are women and girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), this “historic” figure reflects a worsening of the humanitarian crisis due to the escalation of violence that continues to force families to flee their homes, both in urban and rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During these recent “repeated waves” of displacement, more than 18,000 people were forced to flee the surge in violence in Cit\u00e9 Soleil in May, and another 5,000 have been displaced in the South-East department in recent weeks.Residents of Cit\u00e9 Soleil are fleeing by crossing the neighboring community of Drouillard, north of Port-au-Prince, in Haiti.Gang attacks are spreading to areas that were once safe havens. ‘The displacement crisis in Haiti is entering an even more alarming phase,’ said Gr\u00e9goire Goodstein, head of the IOM mission in Haiti, during a press briefing in Geneva. Armed attacks are no longer limited to traditional hotspots; they increasingly affect communities that previously served as places of refuge, leaving vulnerable populations with fewer and fewer safe options as humanitarian needs continue to grow. ‘The crisis is no longer confined to specific neighborhoods or regions. As violence spreads to areas once considered safe, more and more people are forced to flee repeatedly, often with nowhere to go.’added Mr. Goodstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In May, the surge of violence in Cit\u00e9 Soleil caused the displacement of more than 18,000 people in a few days, raising for the first time the number of internally displaced persons in Port-au-Prince to over 300,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 110,000 Haitians forcibly returned to the country
Most took shelter in overcrowded spontaneous camps or sought refuge with already vulnerable host communities.A few weeks earlier, armed attacks in the South-East department of Haiti had displaced more than 5,000 people in a region previously considered a refuge for those fleeing insecurity elsewhere in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the UN agency, these displacements illustrate a worrying trend, as communities that once offered safety are increasingly becoming points of concentration for displaced people themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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