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Haitian Armed Groups Have Displaced 1 Million from Their Homes

HeadlineJan 16, 2025

In Haiti, the United Nations warns a surge of violence by armed groups has pushed the number of people displaced from their homes past 1 million. That’s more than three times the number of people displaced this time last year. More than half of those uprooted by the violence are children. The U.N.’s Human Rights Office reports that last year gang violence across Haiti left more than 5,600 people dead.

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