Gang violence in Haiti continued to escalate, sending many citizens fleeing from their homes. A delegation of Kenyan officials arrived on Sunday, Aug. 20. 2023 to assess where a multinational force led by Kenyan should possibly be established. (Credit: Screenshot - WION/YouTube)

More than 1 million Haitians displaced by gang violence, humanitarian crisis: UN agency

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than one million Haitians have been displaced on the Caribbean nation over the last year, which has been mainly attributed to soaring gang violence since the assassination of the prime minister in 2022.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an agency operating under to the United Nations, “relentless gang violence” in Port-au-Prince, has triggered not only mass violence, including homicides and sexual assault in the capital of Haiti, but also worsened food security.

The latest figures are three times higher than previously reported; about 315,000 Haitians were internally displaced by gang violence in 2023.

More on the humanitarian crisis in Haiti.

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