DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

President Luis Abinader told the editors of Corripio Media Group that the Dominican Republic more than a migration problem with Haiti has a national security problem.

Abinader reiterated that after the murder of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise, the situation in the neighboring country has gone downhill, with an alarming increase in the control of the armed gangs, especially in the southern zone of the country. Moise was assassinated on 7 July 2021 during the first Abinader government, accelerating the collapse of institutional governance in Haiti.

President Luis Abinader warned that the crisis in neighboring Haiti has evolved beyond a migration issue and now poses a serious national security threat to the Dominican Republic.

“We are not only facing a migration problem. We are facing a national security issue with the Haitian situation,” the...