Haiti: receiving more people while losing territory

Haiti is facing a dual territorial and humanitarian crisis as armed gangs expand their control while the nation simultaneously absorbs a high volume of returnees. Thousands of citizens are internally displaced, fleeing their homes to escape gang violence that continues to spread outward from the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Simultaneously, tens of thousands of Haitian nationals are being forcibly or voluntarily returned to the country from various foreign nations. This influx exacerbates an already strained domestic situation, leaving the government and humanitarian networks to cope with a growing population of displaced persons inside a shrinking secure territory.