DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The executive director of the Social and Economic Council (CES) has delivered a 32-page document outlining 25 plans for action and 151 proposals regarding just about every aspect of Dominican relations with Haiti and its citizens. Haitian migration into the Dominican Republic was perhaps a leading area of discussion.

The CES executives, President Luis Abinader and former presidents, Hipolito Mejia, Leonel Fernandez, and Danilo Medina have been talking about the many issues since last May, and their report contains the conclusions of the meetings.

Number one on the list is the task of identifying and formalizing the Haitians in the Dominican labor market. Agriculture, construction, and now tourism are the areas where a large number of undocumented Haitians try to earn a living here.

Along with this bureaucratic process, according to the CES, there are also issues of national...