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Haiti - Social : Record number of displaced people due to poor security 26/06/2025 10:24:17
Lack of personnel, funding, and equipment has severely limited the Mission's ability to contain the violence, which has killed at least 2,680 people in the capital and injured 957 since the beginning of the year, according to UN data. The violence has forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, leading to a sharp rise in the number of internally displaced people (IDPs), which now stands at 1.4 million, the highest level recorded in Haiti, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). "Each day, violence forces hundreds of Haitians to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs to makeshift sites or other cities, where they remain at risk and have little to no access to food and water, said Nathalye Cotrino, senior Americas researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The international community isn’t doing enough to support the MSS’s efforts to protect Haitians from the criminal groups displacing them," she said. Since early 2025, criminal groups have intensified attacks in previously safe areas, including Port-au-Prince and its metropolitan area, as well as in the municipalities of Mirebalais and Saut-d’Eau in the Centre department and Petite-Rivière in the Artibonite region. This violence, including clashes with self-defense brigades, often operating with the involvement of police officers, and with security forces, has forced more than 245,000 people to flee their homes, according to the IOM. Humanitarian workers and human rights organizations have reported that criminal groups set fire to homes around targeted neighborhoods to force residents to flee. According to UN officials, these tactics appear to be aimed at forcibly depopulating certain areas to allow criminal groups to expand their presence and prepare the ground for taking control of others. Many of the people interviewed have been displaced multiple times, having first fled to other areas of Port-au-Prince or neighboring towns before finding refuge in Cap-Haïtien. Displaced persons, now representing nearly 11% of Haiti's population, are currently sheltering in all 10 departments of the country. Fifty-five percent of displaced people are women and girls; most are staying with families or living in informal settlements, where they face severe shortages of food, water, medical care, and other essential services. According to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), more than 8,400 people living in displacement sites are facing famine. Conditions in IDP settlements across Haiti are increasingly dire, with more than 246 informal settlements reported as of early June, each camp hosting an average of 2,000 people. Many people have taken refuge in overcrowded schools or public spaces, facing significant security risks and what the Office of Citizen Protection has described as "inhumane" conditions. The scale of the displacement crisis has overwhelmed existing capacities. Although eight countries notified the UN Secretary-General in 2024 of their intention to contribute personnel to the MMSS, only Kenya, which leads the mission, Guatemala, El Salvador, Jamaica, and the Bahamas have deployed armed forces. The total number of troops deployed is only 991, well below the expected 2,500. HL/ HaitiLibre
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