Haiti — Factsheet on the displacement situation in Centre — Round 1 (16 — 22 June 2023)

In recent years, widespread insecurity in Haiti has caused thousands of people to flee their areas of residence. Although the violence most often occurs in the Metropolitan Area of Port-au-Prince (MAPAP) located in the West district, other districts are also affected. This is the case of the Center district which is particularly affected by the displacement of populations fleeing the MAPAP to seek refuge there. In order to regularly inform authorities as well as other partners on the displacement situation in the Center, the General Directorate of Civil Protection (DGPC) and IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) launched in June 2023 activities of periodic assessments of the municipality sections and sites hosting displaced populations in this district. Data is collected through interviews with key informants in areas hosting displaced populations as well as through direct observation. This dashboard presents the key results from the first assessment exercise at the Center (Round 1), which was conducted from 16 to 22 June 2023. All the municipality sections in the Center were assessed, making a total of 35 sections. A total of 28,975 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have been identified (6,257 households), more than half of whom are children (59%). Among the IDPs, 1% are accommodated in two spontaneous sites including a site located in the first section Juanaria (Municipality of Hinche) hosting 272 IDPs and another in the second section Lociane (Municipality of Thomassique) hosting 27 IDPs. The rest of the IDPs (99%) are hosted in host communities. In addition, the presence of 1,298 returnees formerly IDPs was identified in the district