DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Migration Agency has kept the pressure on and for the first time this 2025 has been stopping all sorts of transporters and people traffickers assisting Haitians in their travel to the Dominican Republic. In the past, the military and the Migration Agency would have looked the other way. Recently, El Nacional reported a bus was detained with 77 undocumented Haitian nationals.

Given the increasing migration pressures, the number of arrests by the local authorities is on the rise. SUV, trucks and buses of all sizes are being stopped several times a week, with the undocumented Haitians arrested for deportation. The effort comes at a very high cost to Dominican taxpayers.

Hospital services demand on the declineThe pressures and arrests have resulted in a decline in the number of Haitians requesting the free services at public hospitals. The DR was on the way to...