The increasing violence in Haiti, caused by clashes between warring criminal gangs, since March has led to the displacement of nearly 580,000 people, according to a new UN report, the Associated Press reported, quoted by BTA.
Haiti has long suffered from widespread violence. But in late February, armed gangs launched coordinated attacks, taking control of police stations, shelling the main international airport that shut it down for almost three months, and storming the country's two largest prisons.
A report released by the International Organization for Migration says the displacement of more than half a million people in Haiti is mainly due to people fleeing the capital Port-au-Prince to other provinces that lack the resources to meet the needs im.