News Center- More than one million people are now displaced inside of Haiti, triple the number from just a year ago, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

“Gang control over vast areas of Port-au-Prince has forced families to flee repeatedly, leaving them without access to shelter, water, or medical care. At the same time, nearly 200,000 Haitians were deported back from neighboring countries last year, adding pressure to already overwhelmed local systems,” IOM said in a statement on Tuesday.

“This is one of the most complex and urgent crises in the world, with implications for regional and global stability,” said IOM Director General Amy Pope, who concluded a high-level visit this week.

During her visit, Amy Pope met with displaced families at a Port-au-Prince site, listening to their experiences and assessing their most pressing needs and held discussions with Haitian Government officials, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Religious Affairs, and Haitians Living Abroad.

“The Haitian people are showing remarkable strength in the face of unthinkable hardship,” Amy Pope said. “But relying on resilience alone is not a strategy. The Haitian people need support—and they need it now. The cost of inaction will not only be measured in lives lost, but also in broader instability that affects us all.”