Experts from the meteorological agency predict that by Friday the system will pass more than 100 miles south of Puerto Rico, and is expected to strengthen in the next two days, while it could increase its speed of translation.
Dominicans of Haitian descent turned into ‘ghost citizens’, says Amnesty | World news | The Guardian
The Dominican Republic has violated the human rights of tens of thousands of people by stripping several generations of citizenship, according to a scathing new report by Amnesty International.The report details decades […]
Dominican Republic Threatens Ethnic War against Haiti — and America | Cato Institute
Haitians voted for a new president this past Sunday. A run-off looms, but whoever wins will face overwhelming challenges. What’s worse, the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola, is threatening […]
E.U. official warns Haiti than ban on Dominican goods will be costly | Fox News Latino
Alberto Navarro, head of the EU delegation in the Dominican Republic, said that wheat, corn, bread and other affected goods could become up to 40 percent more expensive in Haiti.”There’s no doubt […]
New migrant rules spur crisis along Haitian-Dominican border | Miami Herald
In recent months, changes in citizenship and immigration laws in the neighboring Dominican Republic where many lived for decades, have put hundreds of thousands of Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent […]
Stop arbitrary deportations of Dominicans of Haitian descent, says UN | The Guardian
UN experts have called on the government of the Dominican Republic to stop the “arbitrary deportations” of Dominicans of Haitian descent, warning that its actions risk violating international laws as well as […]
Tent cities sprouting in Haiti as migrants return – CNN.com
Concerns of a humanitarian emergency in Haiti are mounting as a growing number of Haitians returning to their country from neighboring Dominican Republic are living in rapidly growing tent cities with little […]
Fleeing To Haiti, They Put Their Faith In ‘God And Government’ : NPR
Marie Etyse left two of her children behind. She’s 29, a widow and has five kids. She has lived in a town in the Dominican Republic for the past nine years. Like […]
Dominican Republic plans to push out undocumented Haitians | CCTV America
Correspondent Nitza Soledad Perez went to the Dominican Republic’s capital of Santo Domingo to find out more about the story. She visited the neighborhood called Little Haiti and spoke to undocumented residents […]
The Dominican-Haitian Dispute Leaves the Most Vulnerable to Suffer | The Huffington Post
History is not on an Organization of American States-lead dialogue’s side. Dominicans have yet to heal from OAS’ Inter-American Peace Force, established after the second U.S. military intervention in our country, in […]
The Dominican Republic, Haitians and the Global War on Blackness – EBONY
As a Black Dominican, and a second-generation immigrant living in The South Bronx, I cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening in the Dominican Republic. The personal and collective experiences […]
Regional Cultural Committee criticises Dominican Republic – JamaicaObserver.com
In its statement, the RCC said that it acknowledges the role that Haiti has played in influencing and shaping the wider freedom movement in Latin America and the Caribbean, declaring “its grave […]
Stateless in the Dominican Republic – The New York Times
The Dominican government says it has identified roughly 55,000 people who have some sort of document to support their claims of Dominican birth. It received 8,755 applications from people who did not […]
Many leave Dominican Republic for Haiti to avoid deportation | Newsday
“We’re arriving with nothing,” he said while boarding a truck in the border town of Ouanaminthe with two of his children and headed toward the capital of Port-au-Prince. “I’m trying to figure […]
Dominican Republic neighbors condemn atrocities against Haitians | New York Amsterdam News: The new Black view
“Heads of government condemned what they perceive as the makings of a grave humanitarian crisis in the region and welcomed the statement of the United Nations secretary-general at the opening ceremony, underlining […]
Dominican Republic says 17,000 Haitians return voluntarily – Yahoo News
The Dominican Republic gave undocumented immigrants, the vast majority of whom are from impoverished Haiti, until June 17 to register with the authorities or face deportation. But with documents slow to arrive […]
Haiti appeals for international help as OAS prepares to visit Hispaniola | Miami Herald
Accusing the Dominican Republic of dumping undocumented Haitians at the border “like dogs,” Haiti’s foreign minister Wednesday called on the international community to break its silence on the mushrooming migration crisis to […]
The Dominican Republic Must Stop Expulsions of Haitians – The New York Times
A HUMAN rights crisis is unfolding on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Dominican Republic is threatening to drive out hundreds of thousands of […]
Interview: Lives on Hold for the Dominican Republic’s Haitian Minority | Human Rights Watch
Two kinds of stories stood out. First were the stories of the people who were completely outraged because of the bias experienced in the deportation process, the complete lack of due process […]
Is The Dominican Republic Legalizing Ethnic Cleansing? – New America Media
An estimated 250,000 Dominican people of Haitian descent are affected by the ruling. The Dominican Republic’s neighbors were quick to decry the decision as well. La Celia Prince, the representative of St. […]
Dominican Republic must not resort to mass deportations – Cleveland.com
The United States and other nations must pressure the Dominican Republic to change a heartless policy that wrongly panders to citizens who have long had little love for their poor, desperate Haitian […]
Dominican Republic willfully creating humanitarian crisis – Sun Sentinel
The world should stand firmly against this brutal and despicable immigration policy in order to promote human dignity and deter other nations from adopting a similar measure. We support the Haitian government’s […]
Haiti’s social media star Carel Pedre talks to desperate deportees | Local 10
Haitian media personality Carel Pedre, reports on the entertainment industry in his popular radio show Chokarella, Creole for Carel’s show. He recently interviewed deportees in Tete-a-l’eau in the Sud-Est region of Haiti. […]
Haiti warns of security threat in migration crisis – Yahoo News
The crisis at the crossroads of the poorest country in the Americas, and its slightly better-off Dominican neighbor to the east, echoed in Washington. The Organization of American States said it would […]
We Are Dominican | Human Rights Watch
Rosanna is a bright 17-year-old who was born in the Dominican Republic. She was raised by parents who migrated from Haiti over 20 years earlier. For two years she has been unwittingly […]
Haiti PM warns of ‘humanitarian crisis’ caused by Dominican deportation policy |The Guardian
Haiti’s prime minister has warned that the Dominican Republic is creating a humanitarian crisis with its crackdown on migrants, noting that 14,000 people have crossed the border into Haiti in less than […]
Haiti and the Dominican Republic – A Conflict Captured on | Shadow and Act
“Cutting sugar cane. You’re going to cut sugar cane. I’d rather much you cut sugar cane here at home. But they don’t want you to stay here. They sold you like an […]
Dominican deportations causing ‘humanitarian crisis’ – The Washington Post
The majority of those crossing the border are children and young adults, said Paul, who stressed that the Haitian government needs to establish a social and economic plan to help them. He […]
Dominica Condemns Dominican Decision to Deport Haitians – Latin American Herald Tribune
“What has happened is that you have people of Haitian descent who were born in the Dominican Republic, who by a decision of the Supreme Court, denied them, stripped them off of […]
‘They sent me here with two empty hands’ – JamaicaObserver.com
Dominican authorities deported the 35-year-old farm worker along with his wife and four children early this week, leaving Souverin to ponder what he will do in Haiti — a deeply poor country […]
A border village in Haiti struggles with new Dominican rules – The Washington Post
“I didn’t want to come here, but I was worried,” he said.“Their president wants all the Haitians to leave. So we’re leaving.” The Dominican government has encouraged these departures, with free bus […]
How to deal with the Dominican Republic – JamaicaObserver.com
The Government of the Dominican Republic, we see, is dead set on creating a humanitarian disaster with the deportation to Haiti of hundreds of thousands of people born in the Dominican Republic […]
Dominican deportation fears keep families on edge – Al Jazeera English
While tourists spend hundreds of dollars on kite surfing, seared tuna, cocktails and other luxuries, most of the Haitians and Haitian-Dominicans around here get by on a few dollars a day doing […]
Stateless and now homeless: Despair on Haiti border – France 24
Mileyda Benacio is 19 years old, seven months pregnant and effectively stateless — expelled from the Dominican Republic, the land of her birth, to neighboring Haiti. Her T-shirt is tight across her […]
End push to deport Haitians from Dominican Republic – NY Daily News
Despair. That’s the feeling that hangs over thousands of people both in New York and the Dominican Republic, where citizens of Haitian descent face an uncertain future. “Nine people murdered in a […]
Haitians Rush to Avert Dominican Expulsion – WSJ
Thousands of Haitians lined up at government offices throughout the Dominican Republic on Wednesday to beat a deadline to register under a new immigration law or face potential deportation. The government of […]
Bloody origins of the Dominican Republic’s ethnic ‘cleansing’ of Haitians – The Washington Post
There was a time when that split between the two countries was drawn with blood; the 1937 Parsley Massacre is widely regarded as a turning point in Haitian-Dominican relations. The slaughter, carried out by […]
Dominican Citizens at Risk of Expulsion to Haiti | Human Rights Watch
In 2014, President Danilo Medina’s administration attempted to mitigate the high court ruling with a Naturalization Law aimed at recognizing the citizenship claims of those affected by the 2013 decision. Despite a […]
Mass Deportations Deadline Looms for Dominicans of Haitian Descent – International Business Times
Opposition groups of Haitian nationals in the Dominican Republic were trying to figure out how to avoid deportation ahead of Wednesday’s deadline that could send hundreds of thousands of Haitians descent back […]
Haitians scramble for legal residency in Dominican Republic – The Washington Post
Haitians and other non-citizens stood in long lines across the Dominican Republic on Monday in last-minute bids to secure legal residency, hurrying to beat a looming paperwork deadline along with the threat […]
Dominican Republic to be ‘Socially Cleaned’ in two days – Daily Kos
As a recent Peace Corps volunteer in the DR, stationed near the border of Haiti, I have a very personal perspective on this issue. This may be hard to believe for most […]
US State Department Officials Visiting Haiti, Dominican Republic – Caribbean Journal
Two top United States officials are visiting Haiti and the Dominican Republic this week. Counselor Thomas A Shannon and Special Coordinator for Haiti Thomas C Adams are traveling to the two countries […]
DR reopening consulates in Haiti — NationNews Barbados
Dominican consular adviser Pastor Vazez said all five consulates will re-open Tuesday. Ambassador Ruben Silie will also return to Haiti. Dominican officials said the Haitian government had agreed to increase security at […]
Dominican Republic Closes 5 Consulates In Haiti Amid Security Concerns After Port-Au-Prince Protest – International Business Times
Medina invoked the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, an international treaty that requires nations to protect envoys from foreign countries. He also mentioned a pair of incidents that resulted in damage to […]
Dominican Republic is a Racist Nation and should be boycotted – Examiner.com
The recent incidents between Dominicans and Haitians are not new but have been ongoing between these two neighboring nations. For the Dominican government to remain silent on these disturbing acts clearly prove […]
Le consulat dominicain ferme ses portes – Le Nouvelliste
Le consulat dominicain à Pétion-Ville a fermé ses portes . Vingt-quatre heures après avoir été attaqué par un groupe d’individus non identifiés, le consulat a suspendu ses opérations avant l’évacuation de son […]
Les citoyens debout contre l’antihaïtianisme en RD – Signal FM
Parties de la Place Dessalines au Champ de mars pour aboutir devant l’ambassade Dominicaine à Pétion-Ville, plusieurs milliers de personnes, toutes générations confondues, ont défilé, mercredi, contre les violences faites aux Haïtiens […]
Pour faire entendre raison aux Dominicains – Le Nouvelliste
Des écoliers mais aussi des étudiants, dans un élan de civisme démonstratif et contagieux, ont marché mercredi à Port-au-Prince pour dénoncer les abus dont sont victimes nos compatriotes en République voisine, à […]
Haiti Protests Dominican Republic Racism Against Immigrants After Henry Claude Jean Lynching – International Business Times
Thousands of demonstrators marched Wednesday in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Price to protest ongoing mistreatment of Haitians living in the nearby Dominican Republic, reports said. The protest unfolded just days after a […]
Une journaliste dominicaine frappée d’apatridie | Parole En Archipel
La journaliste dit penser qu’il s’agissait d’un malentendu et qu’elle a « perdu plusieurs voyages de représentation en attendant patiemment que tout se clarifie par les autorités dominicaines qui lui ont laissées […]