Friday, 28 February

Insecurity: Around 13,000 Haitians flee their homes due to gang violence, according to IOM

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People transport the body of a man killed in a gang attack on the Delmas 30 neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, February 25, 2025

Attacks by armed groups on neighborhoods in the metropolitan area of ​​Port-au-Prince have forced nearly 13,000 people to flee their homes, according to a recent assessment by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

According to an IOM report published on its website this week, gang attacks have forced a total of 12,971 citizens to flee their homes.

Residents of the neighborhoods of Carrefour, Taba, Delma, Kôvère, Metiver, etc. are forced to leave their areas due to the increasing acts of violence.

Since February 14, 2025, several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince have been attacked by gangs who control 80% of the capital, according to the United Nations.

The latest attack in Delma 30, Monday, February 24, 2025, forced dozens of citizens to abandon their neighborhoods and take refuge in an annex of the Ministry of Social Affairs in Delma 33.

During 2024, waves of violence forced more than 1 million Haitians to flee their homes, according to IOM.

Source: voanews.com/Wilner Bossou