Dominican Mass Deportation to Haiti

"It's easier for a Haitian to find the shoes that Jean-Jacques Dessalines wore during Haiti's independence war than to get legal documents in the Dominican Republic today." That's how Misiane Bespin described the situation during a conversation with journalist Guerrier Henry on his radio show Boukante Lapawòl.

When asked how she sees life for Haitians living in the Dominican Republic today, Misiane said things were already hard before, but they've gotten much worse in recent years--especially since Luis Abinader became president.

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Dominican Authorities have been very busy deporting Haitians out of their country lately. The Dominican Republic has deported 14,782 Haitian immigrants during the first 3 months of 2018, according to news reports.

Deportation of Haitians in the Dominican Republic is on the rise... Bus loads of Haitian immigrant keep arriving at the Haiti-Dominican Borders, official and non official borders, almost every day.

What do you think about that?

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Packed like sardines, 4 passengers in the trunk of what looks like a Toyota Camry, 16 Haitians were caught entering the Dominican Republic illegally.

Dominican authorities made sure, in front of a camera, these Haitians came out one by one out of the vehicle. 12 Haitian passengers inside the 5-passenver vehicle, including a newborn baby, and 4 more Haitians in the trunk of the car.

Watch the VIDEO...

I can hear my dead grand mother saying: "Grace la miséricorde!"

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Fear of deportation is the hottest topic among Haitians in the various "barrios" of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Almost everyday you hear stories of Haitians being arrested by Dominican authorities to be deported back to Haiti. Even on Sundays...

"I simply cannot afford go to Haiti right now," a young Haitian living illegally in Santo Domingo told us. His wife and son live in Haiti and he is trying to earn a living across the border to send money back home.

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A Dominican Republic immigration bus carrying Haitian illegal immigrants to Haiti caught fire along the way not far from Elias Pina, D dominican border town with Haiti.

According to news reports the Dominican immigration bus was completely consumed. Luckily no one was injured.

The Dominican government is investigating to find out how this incident happened. There is an assumption that one of the illegals on board may have caused it.

What do you think about that?

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Thousands of Haitians risk deportation from the Dominican Republic simply because the Haitian embassy failed to deliver their passports since receiving their regularization documents, now due for renewal...

According to a Dominican newspaper, angry Haitians protested in front of the Embassy of Haiti in Santo Domingo Tuesday, July 5 demanding their passports, one of the requirements so they can renew their regularization documents.

Starting July 17, these documents will begin to expire, will the Haitian embassy respond in time?

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More than 130,000 Haitian immigrants beneficiaries of national regularization of foreign Plan (NWRP) are about to be expelled from the Dominican Republic unless they can come up with 14,000 pesos each...

According to a statement from human rights Support Group to Refugees and Repatriated Persons (GARR), the temporary documents that allows these Haitian immigrants to say in the Dominican Republic will begin to expire mid July.

To renew, these Haitians nationals will need the expiring permit, certificate of no criminal record, medical examinations and $14,000 Dominican pesos, among other things.

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Haiti Immigration -- Amnesty International has just released a new report denouncing the chaotic way the Dominican Republic has been deporting Haitians AND Dominicans back to Haiti...

KREYOL: Sou zafè deportation Haitien nan St Domingue, Amnesty International fèk mete yon raport deyò... Download/Telecharge raport a... Kisa ou panse de sa???

Telecharger/Download the report here: "Where are we going to live?" Migration and statelessness in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

According to the report more than 100,000 have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti and out these people, thousands of them are actually Dominican citizens deported to Haiti.

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A Haitian police man was assaulted on the Haiti-Dominican border at Malpasse a few days ago after he asked a Haitian student not to pay 2000 pesos to Dominican bucon... What followed was pure violence towards the Police officer...

KREYOL: Malpasse Haiti - Boukon Dominicain ak CESFRONT blese yon policier Haitien sou Fontye a... Guard CESFRONT la flanke misye yon kout koss fizi poutet li tap defann yon etudiant pou li pa peye 2000 pesos... Ou tande koze?

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