UNICEF reveals number of displaced children in Haiti
(MENAFN) According to reports, the number of displaced children in Haiti has surged dramatically in the first half of 2025 as armed violence continues to grip the Caribbean nation. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that internal displacement has nearly doubled, with the total number of IDP sites nationwide rising to 246.
The agency’s report, Child Alert: Haiti’s Children Confront a Polycrisis, highlights that more than 3.3 million Haitian children now require humanitarian assistance. Over 1.3 million people, including 680,000 children, have been forcibly displaced.
“Haiti is facing a polycrisis, in which the collapse of one sector exacerbates the next: malnutrition worsens as health services falter, cholera spreads in displacement sites without safe water, and the disruption of education leaves children more vulnerable to recruitment and exploitation,” UNICEF stated.
The worsening crisis stems from political instability following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in 2021. Armed groups have since expanded their influence across much of the country, with approximately 2.7 million people — nearly 23% of Haiti’s population of 11.77 million — now living under gang control.
As gangs disrupt roads, ports, and warehouses, many residents have been cut off from essential aid, including food and medicine. In Port-au-Prince, only 41% of health facilities remain fully operational due to insecurity, staff shortages, fuel scarcity, and limited medical supplies. Diseases such as cholera, which reemerged in late 2022, continue to spread amid failing water and sanitation services, leaving around 3.8 million people without access to safe drinking water.
UNICEF also documented 2,269 cases of severe human rights violations against children in 2024 — nearly five times higher than the previous year — underscoring the extreme risks faced by Haiti’s youth.
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