‘Entire social fabric’ unravelling in Haiti as displacement continues

The number of people forced to flee their homes has jumped from 362,000 in early March when violence spiked in the capital Port-au-Prince to over 578,000 in June, a 60 per cent increase in just three months.

So, what happens in Haiti when people are displaced and how is the UN responding?

The first step of any crisis response is assessing the extent of the displacement and responding to the immediate humanitarian needs of the people forced to…