Haiti children displaced by violence nearly double in a year, UNICEF says

FILE PHOTO: Violence-displaced children gather to get food at a shelter in Artibonite department in central Haiti, August 30, 2025. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder/File Photo

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Spiraling violence in Haiti has displaced 680,000 children, nearly twice as many as a year ago, as armed groups tighten control and public services collapse, UNICEF said on Wednesday.

The agency estimates that over 6 million people - more than half the population, including 3.3 million children - now need humanitarian assistance.