Surge in gang violence sees more than 53,000 flee Haiti’s capital in three weeks

Children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Odelyn Joseph/AP)

More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report.

More than 60% are headed to Haiti’s rural southern region, which worries UN officials.