An estimated 362,000 people are internally displaced; about 17,000 people have left Port-au-Prince, leaving behind their livelihoods and facing even more vulnerable situations, says IPC.
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More than one million children trapped as gang violence rages in Haiti
Nearly 277,000 children aged under five in Haiti are facing malnutrition – about 40 percent of whom reside in the Port-au-Prince metro region – as gang violence obstructs critical food supplies.
Waves of violence storm Port-au-Prince in Haiti further displacing thousands
IOM's latest displacement tracking reveals that 15,000 people have been displaced within just one week. Ten displacement sites have been entirely emptied due to the successive waves of violence.
New survey reveals extreme levels of violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
According to the new survey, more than 40 per cent of deaths are linked to violence, while the crude mortality rate [the number of deaths per 10,000 people per day] is 0.63.
Scaling up medical activities amid chaos in Port-au-Prince
The violence has taken on a new dimension since last weekend, causing an explosion in the number of casualties and triggering the government’s declaration of a state of emergency.
Gang violence in Haiti puts girls at risk
Haiti’s gang crisis is placing girls at risk of hunger, gender-based violence, recruitment by organised crime groups and child marriage, according to a new study.
WFP calls for humanitarian access as violence and unrest wreak havoc in Haiti
While WFP continues to deliver emergency food assistance, the recent uptick in violence has prevented WFP from reaching more than 370,000 of most food insecure Haitians since early February.
Türk warns of deepening human rights crisis in Haiti after most violent month in two years
“The already dire human rights situation has deteriorated even further, amid unrelenting and expanding gang violence, with disastrous consequences for Haitians,” said UN Human Rights Chief.
At least 170,000 children displaced amid escalating violence in Haiti
In less than two weeks, nearly 2,500 people, most of them women and children, have been newly displaced following clashes in the areas of Solino and Gabelliste, in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.
More than 60% of forced displacements in Haiti occurred last year
"While humanitarians keep on doing their utmost to provide life-saving assistance, more investments are needed in long-term solutions to strengthen State services across the country," said IOM.
Increased violence in capital drives tens of thousands of Haitians from home, leaving them reliant on food aid
An uptick in violence in Port-au-Prince since mid-August 2023 has displaced about 40,000 people in several neighbourhoods of the capital, exacerbating an already complex humanitarian crisis.
Children trapped amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince find safety and security
In a daring rescue mission, 60 students and instructors from La Saline Salesian School were evacuated from their school, where they had been trapped for three days amidst clashes between armed groups.
UN seeks $21 million to assist 200,000 people with safe and adequate emergency shelter in Haiti
Due to gang violence, there are some 200,000 IDPs, of whom 70,000 have found refuge in 80 spontaneous sites. At least 31,000 people are sleeping in the open air and 34,000 are crammed into classrooms.
Growing insecurity forces Haitian Red Cross to limit ambulance services to certain areas of Port-au-Prince
"For the past three years, life in Cité Soleil has been like a poker game ... People go out and don't know if they will be able to go back home. They regularly risk their lives to get the daily bread."
Armed violence takes root in Haiti’s 'rice basket' amid unprecedented hunger and malnutrition
Violence in the Arbonite region has disrupted agricultural production while at least 115,000 children are suffering from life-threatening malnutrition this year, an increase of 30% on 2022.
UN Human Rights Chief urges international policing ‘lifeline’ to help way out of Haiti's security crisis
The High Commissioner's latest report on rights situation in Haiti stresses that the deployment of a multinational security support mission is essential to assist the HNP in tackling organized crime.
Severe hunger persists in Haiti as violence intensifies in the capital
The latest IPC report states that 4.35 million Haitians are facing acute food insecurity between August and February 2024, against 4.9 million in the previous period of analysis (March to June 2023).
Escalating violence threatens thousands of children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Nearly 200,000 people, half of whom are children, are displaced, with 130,000 in the capital alone. The situation remains highly volatile, with constant threats of armed attacks looming over the city.
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Number of migrant children moving across Latin America and Caribbean hits new record
At least 29,000 children made the perilous Darien crossing in 2021. An estimated 40,000 children did it in 2022 and more than 60,000 have crossed the Darien jungle this year, half of them under five.
Humanitarian community in Haiti deeply concerned about continued escalation of violence
Nearly half of Haiti's population needs humanitarian and food assistance, with almost 200,000 people being forced to flee their homes, a tenfold increase in the past two years.