UN Calls for Multinational Security Support as Killings, Kidnappings Spike in Haiti

More than 8,400 people were killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti last year, according to a UN report.
UN Calls for Multinational Security Support as Killings, Kidnappings Spike in Haiti
People walk past a street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on June 28, 2023. Richard Pierrin/AFP via Getty Images
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The United Nations has called on the international community to accelerate the deployment of a multinational security support mission to Haiti amid a surge in killings and kidnappings in the country.

More than 8,400 people were killed, injured, or kidnapped in Haiti last year, a 122 percent rise from 2022, the United Nations Integrated Office (also known as BINUH) said in a report released on Feb. 2.

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