Haiti displacement and hunger crisis deepens as violence spreads

Conflict

Severity score71 / 100 · High

How the score is calculated

The score starts at 8. It adds points from recorded affected, deaths, displaced and casualty counts, plus terms found in the story title, event type or status. For each count, only its highest matching band is used.

Affected people: 1–999: +5 · 1,000–9,999: +12 · 10,000–99,999: +20 · 100,000–999,999: +28 · 1 million+: +35
Deaths: 1–9: +8 · 10–99: +14 · 100–999: +22 · 1,000+: +30
Displaced people: 1–9,999: +6 · 10,000–99,999: +12 · 100,000+: +18
Casualties: 100 or more: +8
Story wording: +10 for terms such as catastrophe, famine, war, conflict, major earthquake, mass casualty or critical. Otherwise, +5 for active, ongoing, emergency, outbreak, cyclone or hurricane.

Score bands: Watch 0–24 · Moderate 25–49 · High 50–74 · Critical 75–100. Scores are capped at 100. Missing or unparseable figures add no points.

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Last verified28 Aug 2026

Date: 28 Aug 2026
Status: ONGOING · HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY
Aid Zone: CARIBBEAN
Countries: Haiti
Agency: IOM / UNICEF / BINUH

In brief

What happenedArmed violence, mass displacement, food insecurity and collapsing public services continue to drive a severe humanitarian emergency in Haiti.
How many affectedAffected persons: 5,700,000 · Displaced persons: 1,466,862 · Internally displaced people: 1,466,862 · IOM Round 13, May 2026
What help is neededBy early June, UNICEF reported that 2.8 million children required humanitarian assistance and nearly 5.7 million people were experiencing or expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity.

What changed

Updated verified snapshot

This record was first dated 2026-08-28 and last verified 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00.

Situation

Armed violence, mass displacement, food insecurity and collapsing public services continue to drive a severe humanitarian emergency in Haiti. IOM's Round 13 assessment counted 1,466,862 internally displaced people as of May 2026, one percent more than the previous round; displacement in metropolitan Port-au-Prince exceeded 300,000 for the first time after renewed clashes in Cité Soleil. By early June, UNICEF reported that 2.8 million children required humanitarian assistance and nearly 5.7 million people were experiencing or expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity. Around half of the displaced population are children. Education has also been heavily disrupted: more than 1,600 schools were reported closed during the 2024–25 academic year, affecting 7,500 teachers and more than 240,000 students. The United Nations verified 2,088 grave violations affecting 1,661 children during 2025, including the recruitment and use of 892 children by armed groups. More recent IOM event tracking recorded additional localized flight from violence, including 4,216 people from Saint-Michel de l'Attalaye between 28 and 31 July; these event figures form part of the evolving displacement picture and are not added to the national baseline. UNICEF is requesting USD 256.6 million in 2026 to assist 1.7 million people, including 1.2 million children. All figures retain their original reporting periods and remain subject to revision as access and population movements change.

Linked charities and agencies

IOM · Organisation profile
UNICEF · Organisation profile

WorldsAid verification

A WorldsAid editor reviewed this record against 5 attributed sources, cleaned feed formatting and checked the crisis, place and reporting date. 19 human-impact figures were separated from the narrative and dated where the source allowed. Earlier observations remain in the evidence history instead of being silently overwritten.

Verified figures

Affected persons: 5,700,000 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Displaced persons: 1,466,862 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Internally displaced people: 1,466,862 · IOM Round 13, May 2026 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Change from previous IOM displacement round: ↑ 1% retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Children requiring humanitarian assistance: 2.8 million · early June 2026 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
People facing or projected to face acute food insecurity: Nearly 5.7 million retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Share of displaced population who are children: Around 50% retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Displaced people in metropolitan Port-au-Prince: >300,000 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
People displaced from Saint-Michel de l'Attalaye, 28–31 July: 4,216 people · 1,015 households retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Saint-Michel displaced people hosted in Gonaïves: 69% retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Schools reported closed during 2024–25: >1,600 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Teachers affected by school closures: 7,500 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Students deprived of learning: >240,000 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Verified grave violations against children during 2025: 2,088 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Children affected by verified grave violations: 1,661 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Children verified as recruited or used by armed groups: 892 retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
UNICEF 2026 funding requirement: USD 256.6 million retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
People targeted through UNICEF appeal: 1.7 million retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00
Children targeted through UNICEF appeal: 1.2 million retained at 2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00

What we knew when

2026-08-28WorldsAid record entered the retained historical dataset.
2026-08-28T10:00:00-04:00Last verification represented by this immutable snapshot.

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