'Entire social fabric' unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

By UN News

Jul 20, 2024 8:24 am

The entire social fabric of families is unraveling in Haiti as displacement in the country reaches record numbers due largely to insecurity and gang-related violence, according to Abdoulaye Sawadogo, head of the UN's humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, in the Caribbean island nation.

The number of people forced to flee their homes has jumped from 362,000 in early March when violence spiked in the capital Port-au-Prince to over 578,000 in June, a 60 per cent increase in just three months.

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