The United Nations has described the situation in Haiti in cataclysmic terms: „close to collapse”.
The impoverished Caribbean nation, which has been hit time and time again by natural disasters, is facing a power vacuum filled by violent armed gangs, with illegal weapons continuing to pour into the country.
The 2010 earthquake claimed over 100,000 lives. Full recover for Haitians after this was impossible.
About five million people in Haiti – including one in two children – are on the verge of famine, according to the charity Save the Children.
Now, more than 30,000 people have fled Port-au-Prince, where gangs are in control of about 80% of the capital, many braving long dangerous bus journeys along gang-controlled roads, reports the BBC.
A new UN report says more than 1,500 people have been killed by gang violence in the first three months of this year. The gangs recruit and abuse young boys and girls, the report says, sometimes killing those who try to escape.
Cap-Haitien’s airport reopened earlier this week where dozens of people queued at the small departures entrance – but many choose to stay despite the danger, out of fear, attachment, and other complicated feelings.
These gangs are powered by illegal gun trade: a UN report says that Port-au-Prince is bursting with high-powered rifles such as AK-47s, 9mm pistols, sniper rifles and machine guns. Haitians say that everyone knows that the Americans are peddling these weapons to Haiti.
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