2025年,海地招募儿童的现象激增,帮派利用贫穷和流离失所,迫使年仅9岁的儿童扮演暴力角色。 Child recruitment in Haiti surged in 2025, with gangs exploiting poverty and displacement to force children as young as 9 into violent roles.

2025年,海地武装团体招募儿童增加了两倍,据儿童基金会报告,30%至50%的团体成员是9岁的儿童,他们受暴力、贫穷和140多万人流离失所——半数以上儿童——的驱使。 Child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti tripled in 2025, with UNICEF reporting that 30% to 50% of group members are children as young as 9, driven by violence, poverty, and displacement of over 1.4 million people—more than half children. 黑帮控制了太子港和海地中部的大部分地区,迫使儿童扮演间谍、承运人或家庭雇工等角色,女童面临性暴力。 Gangs control most of Port-au-Prince and central Haiti, forcing children into roles like spies, carriers, or domestic labor, with girls facing sexual violence. 有些家庭得到付款,但赤贫现象使其他选择寥寥无几。 Some families receive payments, but extreme poverty leaves few alternatives. 儿童基金会警告新兵使用毒品,呼吁保护、重返社会和采取紧急行动,因为联合国秘书长正在编写一份关于危机的详细报告。 UNICEF warns of drug use among recruits and calls for protection, reintegration, and urgent action, as the U.N. Secretary General prepares a detailed report on the crisis.