Protesters at the Haiti-Dominican Republic border bridge crossing near Rivière Massacre along the northern part of the shared island Hispaniola on November 27, 2022. Photo courtesy of Marx Stanley Leveillé
Protesters at the Haiti-Dominican Republic border bridge crossing near Rivière Massacre along the northern part of the shared island Hispaniola on November 27, 2022. Photo courtesy of Marx Stanley Leveillé

PORT-AU-PRINCE — It took Jeannot 25 years to build a life in the Dominican Republic and just one night for it all to disappear, leaving him and his family in Haiti, homeless in the country he left nearly three decades prior.

Jeannot, a pseudonym The Haitian Times is using to protect the man’s identity, recounted how Dominican authorities came into his home in Las Americas, an area not too far from the capital Santo Domingo. That night, May 19, Jeannot, his pregnant wife and their four children were in the house he had bought land years ago to build on when they heard strange noises.  

Overview:

Recent clashes between Haitian residents and Dominican migration authorities at the Haiti-Dominican Republic northeastern border crossing are the latest sign of tensions rising.

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Murdith Joseph is a social worker and journalist. She studied at the State University of Haiti and Maurice Communication. She first worked as a journalist presenter and reporter for Radio Sans Fin (RSF) then as a journalist reporter for Radio tele pacific and writting for the daily Le National. Today she joined the Haitian Times team and covers the news in Port-Au-Prince-Haiti.