Sputnik

La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, November 17, 2024, p. 19

Port-au-Prince., At least 17 thousand people, of the 20 thousand newly displaced people in Port-au-Prince, are housed in 15 refugee camps, reported the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The crisis has disrupted critical supply chains and isolated the citythe IOM reported yesterday. The closure of air traffic after selective shootings against three commercial planes over Port-au-Prince, access restrictions to the country’s main seaport and insecurity on the roads, controlled by armed groups, have left the metropolitan area in a state of almost total paralysis. , aggravating the suffering of already vulnerable communities. he added.

Port-au-Prince’s isolation is amplifying an already dire humanitarian situationwarned Grégoire Goodstein, head of the IOM in Haiti. And he added that Without immediate international support, the suffering will get exponentially worse.

Haiti has been mired in a socioeconomic and political crisis that worsened after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021. Since then, government inaction has caused an unprecedented increase in violence by gangs that control large areas of the country and They are dedicated to extortion and kidnappings for ransom.