UN Security Council meets over deportations and surge in Haiti gang violence
Haiti has received almost 200,000 forcibly returned people in the first eight months of 2026 amid a surge in gang violence that included a deadly attack in Kenscoff that killed 47. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting where officials said internal displacement has doubled to about 1.5 million people, half of them children, and described many displacement sites as squalid. Haiti urged rapid deployment of the UN-mandated gang suppression force, authorized in 2025 and aiming for 5,500 troops by fall, while officials called for stronger arms embargo enforcement amid reports of new weapon shipments.
Nearly 200,000 forced returnees arrive amid escalating gang violence
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The United States resumed deportations after a court decision removed temporary protected status. A deadly gang attack and rising forced returns prompted the Security Council emergency meeting. The council will likely vote soon on renewing…
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