The Sad Dance of Internally Displaced Persons in 2024

The year 2024 was marked by the massive exodus of peaceful citizens who, in an attempt to escape gang terror, were forced to abandon their homes, businesses, and belongings to seek refuge with host families or settle in refugee camps. The breakout from the country's two largest prisons at the end of February triggered a surge in gang attacks in the metropolitan area and certain provincial towns, as well as an increase in the number of lost territories, leaving many families homeless and destitute. During their attacks, these gangs looted, burned, and killed at will.

John Smith Justin
Par John Smith Justin
08 Jan 2025 | Lecture : 5 min.

The attack on the National Penitentiary on February 29 led to the escape of several thousand inmates who had been imprisoned there. Since then, downtown Port-au-Prince, which was already seeing its population dwindle, has not been the same. Residents and merchants began fleeing the area out of fear of being victimized by the escaped prisoners. This fear intensified as gangs increased their activity by attacking several public buildings in the vicinity, including the State University Hospital of Haiti (HUEH) and the faculties of law, medicine

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