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UN Dispatch: The Deplorable Condition of Haiti’s Camps

By Mark Leon Goldberg

Refugees International released a disturbing report about the condition of displaced persons camps in Haiti.  The picture is bleak.  Women are subjected to sexual violence for lack of protection and are sometimes forced to barter sex for food.

Meanwhile, residents are caught between landowners and violent gangs.  The problem is, there is really no where for many camp residents to go — and the Haitian police and international community lack the capacity to provide protection everywhere they are needed.


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