This Wednesday, the dominican authorities reported the increase in the deportation of haitians who are illegally in the country, before the excess of this immigrant population.
After a meeting between the president Luis Abinader and the military and intelligence chiefs, the government spokesperson, Homero Figueroaadvertisement “the immediate execution of an operation with the objective of repatriating up to 10,000 migrants per week”.
Figueroa said that these measures are due to the fact that the results of the Multinational Support Mission to the Haitian Pacification Police, led by Kenyahave been limited and the process is advancing slowly, “Faced with this reality we are forced to act decisively and responsibly to guarantee the security and stability of our country“added the spokesperson.
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During the meeting it was also agreed to strengthen the surveillance y border control with additional measures. No details were offered.
Other decisions made were to advance in the dismantling of human trafficking networks and a protocol for the identification of illegal migrants and their assisted return “guaranteeing decent conditions and in collaboration with the Haitian authorities”.
The authorities also proposed to increase the use of technology in surveillance of the border with Haitibuild border control centers and temporary repatriation camps to handle migrants.
Recently, President Abinader appointed a military man as the new Director of Immigration amid controversies over human rights violations and bribery of immigrants during the immigration operations.
The new director of Immigration is Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, who took office the day before promising to strengthen the immigration control throughout the national territory and combat bribes that immigration officials ask for in exchange for releasing immigrants during deportation operations.
Last year authorities deported more than 174,602 Haitian immigrants through 3,070 operational carried out throughout the country.
In the first half of this year they have been deported to 67,798 Haitians and new detention centers have been built to process deportees in several eastern and southern provinces. border zone.
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