Haiti migrants being repatriated from DR
Official repatriation operations and returns qualified as “voluntary and spontaneous” of Haitian migrants living in an irregular migratory situation in the Dominican Republic, continue to the Haitian-Dominican border.
In March 2016, 5,600 Haitians returned to Haiti (2,907 returnees and 2,753 cases of voluntary returns) were recorded, less than in February where nearly 8,000 Haitian nationals had returned to the country.
These migrants repatriated, aged between 19 and 49 years, were returned in particular via the official border points Malpasse/Jimani (911), Ouanaminthe/Dajabon (993) and of Belladère/Elias Piña (486) and 517 unofficial crossings points. According to their testimony, some have been apprehended by the Dominican authorities in the street during migratory situation control, others on their workplace or home.
For the first quarter 2016, according to information compiled from the Support Group for Returnees and Refugees, 8,120 people were repatriated and 13,299 spontaneous returns have already identified.
Recall that from June 2015 to March 2016, according to the information released by the Directorate General of the Dominican, migration combined with those of organizations of human rights, which monitor the process at the border, 150,400 Haitians would have returned to Haiti. Approximately 23,983 foreigners of various nationality, mostly Haitians, were deported by the Dominican authorities and the balance being returns in Haiti, said “volunteers.”
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