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OVERVIEW OF KEY RESULTS
This report aims to provide a holistic view of the internal displacement situation in Haiti. The Directorate General of Civil Protection (DGPC) and the IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) have been conducting periodic assessments of locations hosting displaced populations since August 2022. Data is collected through direct observations as well as interviews with key informants at the lowest administrative level, which is the neighborhood in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince (MAPAP) and communal section outside the MAPAP.
✓The last exercise of these assessments (Round 6 – published in early March 2024) indicated that 362,551 people were internally displaced in Haiti. This new report indicates the presence of 578,074 internally displaced people, almost 60% more than in Round 6. This increase is due to the deterioration of the security situation observed in the MAPAP, Haiti’s capital, between the end of February and April 2024 in particular. The increase in the number of IDPs was more identified in provinces where it increased by 95% (compared to 15% in the MAPAP). Indeed, following the increase in violence in the MAPAP, many people fled the capital to seek refuge in provinces. Between 8 March and 9 April 2024, IOM observed a flow of nearly 95,000 people fleeing the capital to go to the provinces, particularly to the Great South (For more information, access the report dedicated to these flows).
✓The Great South was the region that saw the largest increase in the number of IDPs hosted there (130% more compared to Round 6). Nearly half (47%) of IDPs in the country are located in the Great South.
✓The majority of IDPs in the country are hosted in provinces: 68% in provinces vs. 32% in the MAPAP.
✓The IDPs in provinces are mainly people who fled the MAPAP: 78% of IDPs in provinces came from the MAPAP. Artibonite, where half of the IDPs fled areas located in this department, is an exception. In all other departments of the country, IDPs mainly came from the MAPAP.
✓At the national level, the majority of IDPs are hosted by host families: 80% vs 20% in sites. However, in the MAPAP, the majority of IDPs reside in sites (61% in sites vs 39% in host families), while in provinces the opposite is true (97% in host families vs 3% in sites). It is crucial to support host communities in provinces, particularly in the Great South, to enable them to continue hosting IDPs; and it is important to promote social cohesion between these two population groups. Without the resilience of host communities, the number of sites in provinces is likely to increase as has been the case in the MAPAP. Indeed, at the beginning of the crisis, the majority of IDPs in the MAPAP were hosted by host families: only about 2 out of 10 IDPs were in sites in 2022; this figure increased to 6 out of 10 IDPs in 2023. One of the main reasons for this increase was the lack of resources of host communities to continue hosting IDPs and the deterioration of social cohesion in this context.
✓In addition, 50,000 returnees formerly IDPs were identified, particularly in the MAPAP, in Croix-des-Bouquets (21%), Cité Soleil (14%), Port-au-Prince (12%); in the South in Tiburon (19%); and in the Center in Sauts d’Eau (10%). It should be noted that for the moment these returns remain very fragile and are not sustainable, particularly in the MAPAP.