Growing Gang Violence in Haiti Displaces Nearly 580,000 People: UN Report

More than half a million people have been displaced in Haiti as the country’s security situation rapidly deteriorates and armed violence increases, according to the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration. A report published June 18 by the organization says some 578,074 people were displaced mainly as they fled the nation’s capital, Port-au-Prince, to seek refuge in provinces that lack the resources to support them. The number has increased 60 percent since a March report by the organization found 362,551 internally displaced people in Haiti, which was already ravaged by a 2021 earthquake. Some 54 percent of the internally displaced persons are female and 52 percent are children, according to the latest report....