Displacement in Haiti has reached a record 1.47 million people, according to a new Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) report released in May. For the first time, the metropolitan area of Portau-Prince alone counted more than 300,000 displaced persons, where violence in Cité Soleil forced 18,000 people to flee. New population movement were also recorded across several communes in Artibonite.
At the same time, more than 25,000 Haitian migrants were forcibly returned from neighboring countries, many arriving with urgent humanitarian needs.