Continued fighting in Haiti resulting in more displacements
A man carries a child as residents flee a neighborhood after gang violence in the area the night before, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on April 20, 2026. Chad will deploy 1,500 soldiers to Haiti as part of the UN-backed security force to help quell ongoing gang violence, the country’s president said Monday. The poorest country in the Americas, Haiti has for years been plagued by criminal gangs responsible for killings, rapes, looting and kidnappings. (Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP)
June 26, 2026
UNITED NATIONS (CMC)—The United Nations on Friday said that the humanitarian situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, with new displacements recorded across several departments.
“More than 2,600 people have been displaced in the Artibonite department following clashes between armed groups last week. That is what the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is telling us,” UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told the daily news briefing.
Dujarric said more than three-quarters of the displaced sought refuge in the commune of Marchand Dessalines and that “continuing violence in Artibonite is raising serious protection concerns”.
The UN spokesman said that in the West department, renewed armed clashes in Cité Soleil since June 13 have displaced more than 5,000 people and that “This adds to the thousands of persons who had been recently displaced multiple times while fleeing the fight in Cité Soleil.
“Our humanitarian colleagues note that ongoing violence has severely disrupted health services, particularly for women and girls. It has forced Doctors Without Borders to suspend activities at its maternity facility in Cité Soleil on 19 June, which obviously deprives thousands of women to access maternal and reproductive health care in one of the most densely populated areas of the Haitian capital. “
According to IOM, more than 117,000 people were returned between January and June of this year, and that “24 per cent of all forcibly returned migrants in 2026 are women and eight per cent are children.
Dujarric said that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) continues to work with “our humanitarian partners to assess needs and provide assistance” and that the US$880 million Humanitarian Appeal for 2026 is currently only 27 per cent funded.