With violence surging across Haiti, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Sunday that almost half of the gangs which control the vast majority of the capital are made up of children, and the recruitment of children has seen a 70% increase over the past year.

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The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti has surged by 70% in the past year. The increase comes as poverty deepens and violence increases amid political instability. Gangs that control 85%…

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Entity points to factors such as violence and poverty and lack of access to education as drivers of recruitment. The number of minors recruited by armed groups in Haiti increased 70% in one year, representing almost half of gang members in the country devastated by violence, Unicef warned on Sunday.
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Entidade aponta fatores como violência e pobreza e falta de acesso à educação como impulsionadores do recrutamento O número de menores recrutados por grupos armados no Haiti aumentou 70% em um ano, representando quase metade dos membros das gangues no país devastado pela violência, alertou no domingo o Unicef.
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Half of the gang members in Haiti are children; number grew 70% in one year, warns Unicef

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti has surged by 70% in the past year. The increase comes as poverty deepens and violence increases amid political instability. Gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince are attacking once peaceful communities in a push to assume total control of the capital. Recruiting children has become easier in a country where many…

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Many Haitian children face stark choice of joining a gang or suffering from violence, poverty and hunger engulfing them.

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Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages

According to the UN organization, the number of children recruited by armed groups increased by 70% over one year in this Caribbean country ravaged by violence.

Selon l’organisation onusienne, le nombre d’enfants recrutés par des groupes armés a augmenté de 70 % sur un an dans ce pays des Caraïbes ravagé par les violences.

En Haïti, la moitié des membres de gangs sont des enfants, alerte l’Unicef

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Number of children recruited by violent gangs in Haiti up 70%, says UNICEF

An unprecedented increase in the number of children recruited into Haitian gangs was recorded from the second quarter of 2023 to the second quarter of 2024, according to UNICEF.

Ανευ προηγουμένου αύξηση του αριθμού των παιδιών που στρατολογούνται στις συμμορίες της Αϊτής, καταγράφηκε από το δεύτερο τρίμηνο του 2023 ως το δεύτερο τρίμηνο του 2024, σύμφωνα με τη UNICEF.

Αϊτή: Κατά 70% αυξήθηκε ο αριθμός των παιδιών που στρατολογούνται σε συμμορίες

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Haiti: 70% increase in the number of children being recruited into gangs

Gang warfare in Haiti has displaced about 700,000 people, more than half of them are children. The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor report. A warning, accounts of abuse and sexual violence in this story may disturb viewers.

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The number of children recruited by armed gangs in Haiti has risen by 70% within a year.

Die Zahl der Kinder, die von bewaffneten Banden rekrutiert wurden, ist in Haiti innerhalb eines Jahres um 70% gestiegen.

Number of children recruited by violent gangs in Haiti up 70%, says UNICEF

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