Gangs control almost the entire city, leading to the collapse of the remaining health services and triggering food insecurity.

More than 5,600 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti last year alone.

IOM Spokesman Kennedy Okoth Omondi said many of the more than one million displaced people had had to flee multiple times as the gangs expanded their territory in Port-au-Prince.

The situation is particularly dire in the capital, Port-au-Prince, where displacement has risen by 87% between 2023 and 2024, IOM figures show. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93q7ey90yzo