Haiti's surge in gang violence has led more than 53,000 to flee the capital in less than three weeks

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More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.

An armoured police car patrols the General Hospital area, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 2, 2024. “Our humanitarian colleagues emphasized that these departments do not have sufficient infrastructure, and host communities do not have sufficient resources, to cope with the large number of people fleeing Port-au-Prince,” said U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric.

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