Haiti displacement surpasses one million people: UN
Al JazeeraJAN 21
UN: Over 1M Internally Displaced in Haiti Amid Gang Violence
Above: Displaced families who have fled their homes in neighborhoods facing armed gang violence take refuge in the Frère Jean Baptiste college in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 31, 2024. Image copyright: Clarens Siffroy/Contributor/AFP via Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-establishment narrative
Haiti is at a crossroads. Time is running out for the international community to avoid a complete collapse of security and state authority in Haiti by either making good on its commitments to help the multinational security force operating in the country or transforming it into a UN peacekeeping mission. Otherwise, the country will head to a civil war.
Establishment-critical narrative
None of the US-sponsored neocolonial interventions in Haiti have been particularly successful, including the Multinational Security and Support mission currently on the ground. Neither this occupation nor a potential UN peacekeeping mission will address the plight of the people — only Haitians can achieve that.