DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The director of the Migration Agency, Enrique García says the pilot program to provide IDs to Haitians to allow these to work in border provinces has been suspended for the time being. The measure would benefit Haitians who would be allowed to enter the Dominican Republic to work. The director of Migration now says issuing the “Border Inhabitant” card would be suspended until conditions in that country improve.

García visited the Listin Diario newspaper executive editor Miguel Fanjul to explain that the ID program had begun in January. The IDs have been a trending topic on social media given that the announcement of the start of the program has coincided with the National Independence Day this coming 27 February.

As reported in Listin Diario, the Migration Agency director explained that the issuing of the ID will not be put into effect...