The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation.

Another 217 Kenyan police officers arrived Saturday in Haiti as part of a UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence and restore stability in that nation, the Kenyan presidency confirmed.

Gang violence in Haiti drove a record of more than one million people from their homes last year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the figure marked a threefold increase in displacement within a year,

An additional 217 Kenyan police officers landed in Haiti on Saturday to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridden Caribbean island.

The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement within Haiti has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people.

Children make up at least half of Haiti’s displaced population, which has tripled within a year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) says. View on euronews

A new contingent of 217 additional police officers from Kenya arrived in Port-au-Prince on Saturday aboard a chartered airplane escorted by the U.S. military, after months of uncertainty about whether President William Ruto would continue to field cops for the struggling mission in Haiti,