Gangs Displace Over 20,000 People In Haiti’s Capital As Violence Surges – UN Report
More than 20,000 people have been displaced in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in four days, a UN agency said Saturday, as citizens fled gang violence that has ravaged the fragile Caribbean nation.
“The isolation of Port-au-Prince is amplifying an already dire humanitarian situation,” said Gregoire Goodstein, Haiti chief for the International Organization for Migration.
“Our ability to deliver aid is stretched to its limits. Without immediate international support, the suffering will worsen exponentially,” Goodstein added in a statement.
Received this video of people fleeing Nazon in Port-au-Prince with no idea where to run to. There are just no words to describe this nightmare that’s getting more tragic by the day. #Haiti pic.twitter.com/7ZuI66AJJ1
— Jacqueline Charles (@Jacquiecharles) November 16, 2024
According to the IOM, around 17,000 of the 20,000 persons who have lately been forced to relocate are already in temporary housing, with many having been uprooted many times.
“Such a scale of displacement has not been observed since August 2023,” the migration agency said in a news release.
Les gangs de l’organisation terroriste Viv ansanm attaquent tout le monde. Même les vieux ne sont pas épargnés.
— Windy Phele (@windyphele) November 16, 2024
Plus aucune zone « safe » dans la région métropolitaine de la capitale d’Haiti. La situation est tout simplement chaotique. pic.twitter.com/NV8jqib0XK
Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime was sworn in on Monday, succeeding outgoing Premier Garry Conille.
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Conille was appointed in May, but soon became entangled in a power struggle with the country’s unelected transitional council.
Violent crime in Port-au-Prince continues high, with well-armed gangs controlling over 80% of the city and routinely targeting people, despite the fact that a Kenyan-led multinational force has been dispatched to assist outgunned Haitian police in restoring order.
The US-funded intervention in Haiti has only brought more chaos to the country. The capital’s airport has closed again following gang violence and yet another “interim” government has been sworn in without elections. pic.twitter.com/MJDdZOk5N8
— red. (@redstreamnet) November 13, 2024
According to the UN Human Rights Office, gang-related violence has killed nearly 4,000 people this year alone.
Haiti lost vital linkages to the rest of the world this week when the United States barred all civilian flights to the country for a month after three jetliners approaching or departing from Port-au-Prince were shot down.
Gangs Displace Over 20,000 People In Haiti’s Capital As Violence Surges – UN Report
