Port-au-Prince, Monday, June 22, 2026 – The security crisis continues to cause massive population displacements in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. According to the latest data from the IOM’s Emergency Tracking Tool (ETT 97), approximately 5,025 people, spread across 1,225 households, have been forced to flee their homes following armed clashes that occurred between June 13 and 19, 2026, in several neighborhoods of the commune of Cité-Soleil.
The violence primarily affected the sectors of Belekou, Hasco–Village Démocratie, and Quai Jérémie, where exchanges of gunfire between armed groups plunged residents into a new humanitarian emergency situation.
Faced with growing insecurity, thousands of families abandoned their homes in hopes of finding refuge in safer areas.
The data collected indicate that 89% of displaced persons have settled in eight reception sites. Among these, four already existed prior to the recent events, while four others were created to respond to the sudden influx of new displaced persons.
Most of the affected families—85% of the displaced—remained within Cité-Soleil itself, where they now live in often precarious conditions. The others found refuge in the neighboring commune of Delmas.
These new displacements occur against a backdrop of continued deterioration of the security situation in the commune. Between March and May 2026, several episodes of armed violence had already triggered significant population movements in Cité-Soleil, as documented in ETT reports 85.1, 91, and 93.2.
On June 1, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) announced in a statement that it had gradually resumed its medical activities at its hospital in Cité-Soleil, a neighborhood in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince.
“Three weeks earlier, our teams had been forced to suspend their activities due to violent clashes between armed groups. This resumption allows us to respond to the significant needs of this community,” explained Thomas Curbillon, MSF’s project manager in Haiti.
After a period of relative calm, MSF decided to reopen the hospital’s emergency department.
“We have also resumed offering services for survivors of sexual violence. After examination and stabilization, patients are transferred to other facilities. The teams continue to assess the security situation before resuming other activities. If conditions allow, outpatient consultations and hospitalization services should resume in the coming days.”
A police intervention took place on Wednesday, June 17, in the “Belekou” neighborhood of Cité-Soleil. Officers from specialized units, supported by armored vehicles, conducted an operation aimed at apprehending armed individuals operating in that area.
These individuals were suspected of having participated in the massacre of several residents of Wharf Jérémie who were accompanying a group walking through the streets of Belekou on the evening of Saturday, June 13, following the match between Haiti and Scotland.
