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Coverage dated January 13, 2025

Report: Surging gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 1 million people

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IOM says children, who make up more than half of Haiti’s displaced population, bear the greatest burden of displacement

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  1. Voice of America

    Report: Surging gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 1 million people (opens Voice of America)

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    IOM says children, who make up more than half of Haiti’s displaced population, bear the greatest burden of displacement

  2. Al Jazeera

    Haiti displacement surpasses one million people: UN (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Children account for more than half of Haiti’s displaced population, which has tripled amid relentless gang violence.

  3. The Columbian

    Over 1 million Haitians forced to flee by gangs face ghastly conditions in camps, U.N. says (opens The Columbian)

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    The number of Haitians who have been forced to flee their homes by gang violence tripled over the past year, bringing the number to more than 1 million, the International Organization for Migration, a

  4. The Guardian

    More than one million Haitians forced from their homes amid gang violence (opens The Guardian)

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    UN agency says more than half of the displaced people are children, as gang attacks see upswing in Port-au-Prince

  5. Green Field Reporter

    UN migration agency says gang violence in Haiti leads to tripling of internally displaced people - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation.

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