More than 700,000 people are displaced in Haiti, according to the UN

Families displaced by gang violence do laundry inside a school where they have been taking refuge for over a year in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 20 September, 2024. AP - Odelyn Joseph

More than 700,000 people are now displaced from their homes in Haiti, more than half of whom are children, the United Nations said Wednesday, as gang violence ravages the country.

The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) agency said that by early September, some 702,973 people were displaced in Haiti.