Number of children displaced in Haiti nearly doubles to 680,000: UNICEF

Children sleep on the floor at the School Argentine Bellegarde, converted into a shelter for displaced people, in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 3, 2025. [AFP]

An estimated 680,000 children have been displaced by gang violence in Haiti, nearly double the number from a year ago, UNICEF said Wednesday, calling on the international community to step up help for the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation.

"The number of children displaced by violence has almost doubled over the past year to approximately 680,000," the UN children's agency said in a report, adding that more than 3.3 million children need humanitarian assistance, in what amounts to "a daily struggle for survival."