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IOM says registration of displaced people is gaining momentum in Haiti
A mass registration exercise for Haitians displaced by the January 12 earthquake is gaining momentum, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
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The agency says the registration is rolling out across Port-au-Prince's most congested settlements, as part of a major strategic push to ensure safe shelter before the rains.
IOM is coordinating international efforts to support the government-led initiative aimed at identifying where the residents of the largest post-earthquake settlements come from.
The exercise is also aimed at exploring future options for the displaced people including facilitating a return to their home areas, helping host families to accommodate them, improving conditions in ad hoc settlements, as well as planning and establishing new sites.
IOM says data from the first of the mass registration exercise at the Champ de Mars Park by Haiti's destroyed palace is now fully processed, providing detailed information on close to 5,000 families.
IOM's first new planned site which is due to be formally opened on March 13 will host 200 families in tents provided by the Government of Colombia.
The camp is a joint project of the Haitian and Dominican Civil Defence organizations, and water and sanitation will be coordinated by the aid agency Oxfam.
Dianne Penn, UN Radio.
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