New UN data shows that more than 1,200 people were killed and 522 wounded in Haiti between July and September. This represents a 27% increase in casualties compared to the second quarter. Figures could get even worse as a new wave of coordinated gang attacks is terrorising areas that had previously been spared. About 10,000 people were forced to flee parts of Port-au-Prince itself, while nearly 22,000 more were displaced in Arcahaie, north of the capital. Gangs also fired at a UN helicopter used by the World Food Programme to deliver aid and at US embassy vehicles, while a Catholic charity’s hospital clinic was vandalized and set on fire. On Oct. 31, a new UN report projected that 5.4 million Haitians—nearly half the population—will face crisis or worse levels of acute food insecurity by February 2025, including nearly 6,000 displaced people in Port-au-Prince who are already suffering catastrophic conditions. Despite the ever-rising violence, the US government continues its deportation flights.

From The New Humanitarian, Nov. 1