This is how the streets of Haiti were left after 4:33 earthquake
(CNN Spanish) -
Haiti is facing a "large-scale" humanitarian crisis after the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the country on Saturday, August 14.
In addition to the earthquake, Haiti was threatened by Tropical Storm Grace.
Efforts to find survivors or recover the bodies of victims from the rubble after the earthquake were complicated by lack of resources and heavy rains.
Earthquake in Haiti, minute by minute: there are already more than 2,000 dead
And that's not all.
Natural disasters occur just over a month after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, creating even more uncertainty in a country where poverty and violence persist.
Many Haitians have left the country to seek a better life.
Some try to reach Mexico or Panama, although with difficulties along the way.
Haitians seek refuge in Mexico in the face of the crisis 2:57
This migration situation is a constant for Haiti.
According to the United Nations (UN), until mid-2020, there were 1,769,671 Haitians in countries other than their origin.
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The UN mentions that these almost 2 million people from Haiti are international migrants.
This term, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), refers to the movement of people out of their usual place of residence and across an international border to a country from which they are not originally from.
In which countries of the world are Haitian international migrants found?
Haiti