Haiti's displaced hope UN-backed force will bring security

FILE PHOTO: People fleeing gang violence take shelter at a sports arena, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 1, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - "We are obliged to accept it," said Charles Adison in one of the many schools that have been converted into makeshift refugee camps in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, speaking about a UN resolution this week that will see foreign forces entering the country to help police restore order.

The United Nations estimates some 200,000 Haitians have been displaced amid escalating violence, with armed gangs carrying out indiscriminate killings, kidnappings, gang rapes and burning down people's homes.