Workers from Haiti’s health ministry take the temperatures of returning migrants on the Ouanaminthe-Dajabón border in northeast Haiti. Thousands of…
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Prime Minister announces actions for Haitians Expelled From the Dominican Republic
Dominican authorities have pushed more than a thousand Haitians at the Haiti-Dominican Republic border in recent days. 1,400 people have…
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Haiti Border Crisis Grows As Dominican Republic Expels ‘Migrants’
Every morning, Gustavo Adolfo wakes up in a migrant shelter in Haiti, treks across a field of burnt brush where men make charcoal, and crosses a river into the Dominican Republic, a country he left in fear three months ago.
With a machete strapped to his waist, Adolfo is joined by others each day in a desperate effort to make a living. They cross the border into the wealthier Dominican Republic under constant threat of arrest or expulsion.
“I can make 200 pesos ($4.50) a day working in the fields there,” said the middle-aged Haitian as he swatted away a swarm of mosquitoes.
With a machete strapped to his waist, Adolfo is joined by others each day in a desperate effort to make a living. They cross the border into the wealthier Dominican Republic under constant threat of arrest or expulsion.
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CARICOM Wants More International Support To End Forced Deportation Of Haitians
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The international community is being urged to have a greater involvement in the matter involving the…
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