The presentation coincided with the start on 21 April 2025 of new measures that seek to discourage Haitian birthing tourism. The new protocol calls for an obligation for Haitians to pay for the inputs and medicines used for the medical services, not so the physician charges or use of the facilities. The new measures establish that after the medical service are rendered to undocumented persons seeking the service via the emergency room, the person will be delivered to a migration agent to start the deportation process. The measure is taken after many complaints that attention to Haitian patients had displaced Dominicans seeking medical services. With the increase of violence in Haiti, more and more Haitians have been seeking the free medical services in the Dominican Republic.
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Oh the conundrum
she needs to go to a public hospital... like the rest of the Haitian women.. never heard of one being deported...............
I think, judging by the love of money that Dominicans have Nan's Haitian relative can probably pay 10-20000 to the public hospital doctor/staff and have a baby delivered with no immigration involved.
Not up until now, but according to the new law they will now be deported after giving birth.
You have not been reading the news about the new policy to deport the mother and child.
And she must also pay for the birth.
The presentation coincided with the start on 21 April 2025 of new measures that seek to discourage Haitian birthing tourism. The new protocol calls for an obligation for Haitians to pay for the inputs and medicines used for the medical services, not so the physician charges or use of the facilities. The new measures establish that after the medical service are rendered to undocumented persons seeking the service via the emergency room, the person will be delivered to a migration agent to start the deportation process. The measure is taken after many complaints that attention to Haitian patients had displaced Dominicans seeking medical services. With the increase of violence in Haiti, more and more Haitians have been seeking the free medical services in the Dominican Republic.
https://dr1.com/forums/threads/step...o-curb-haitian-migration.414629/#post-5775807
In a strong reiteration of his stance, President Luis Abinader asserted on Wednesday, 23 April 2025, that the country has shouldered an excessive burden related to Haiti and insisted that the international community is obligated to step up its response to the crisis afflicting the poorest country in the Americas.
Abinader made these remarks while presiding over a meeting where municipal institutions signed an agreement supporting the government’s measures to curb irregular migration from Haiti.
President Abinader signed the agreement with mayors from all around the country, and representatives of the Migration Agency (DGM), the Dominican Municipal League (LMD), the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (Fedomu) and the Dominican Federation of Municipal Districts (Fedodim). The municipal representatives agree to back the measure the government is implementing to curtail illegal migration and strengthen national sovereignty.
“We have borne enough of the burden in every respect, and now it is the international community that must step up to address the situation in our neighboring country,” Abinader emphasized, calling on various national sectors to collaborate with the government toward this goal.
The President’s statements come two days after a United Nations Security Council session highlighted the lack of international leadership in facing Haiti’s ongoing crisis.
“We must seek an independent solution with one paramount responsibility for all of us: answering to the Dominican people,” Abinader stated, as per information released by the Presidency. “That should also be the sole responsibility of each one of you.”
Meanwhile, Anibal de Castro, executive editor of Diario Libre addressed the high cost of the Haitian crisis for the Dominican Republic. He wrote:
“As the UN Security Council engages in sterile debates and the veto-wielding powers —the United States, China, and Russia— pursue their own agendas, Haiti is collapsing. Armed gangs have ceased challenging the state: they have displaced it. The path towards a narco-republic lies open with no obstacles in sight. The government loses control of Port-au-Prince day by day, and institutions become hollow shells. What we are witnessing is an unprecedented political, social, and humanitarian collapse in the hemisphere. Yet, it seems to concern no one but us, the only country sharing a land border with the first black republic on the continent.
“The long-announced and poorly organized international security assistance mission is dissipating into unfulfilled promises. Kenya, which took the lead, lacks real capacity and effective support. The United States, the initial driving force, is turning its back on a tragedy that also affects it. Caricom, of which Haiti is a member, has been a disappointing presence: lacking leadership, strength, and proposals. Meanwhile, millions of Haitians are surviving trapped in chaos.
“The Dominican Republic, with limited resources and under growing pressure, stands alone in the face of the storm. It’s not just about securing the border or regulating migration, but about resisting, alone, the impact of a collapsed state.
“Can a medium-sized country bear the burden of its neighbor’s ruins without breaking? No. The Dominican Republic urgently needs concrete international action. No more speeches, no more symbolism. Haiti is on the brink of falling. If immediate action is not taken, the next to fall will be the stability of the Caribbean. And that, quite simply, we cannot allow.”
Haiti is grappling with a severe security crisis due to armed gangs that control much of Port-au-Prince, the country’s capital. In March, Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, reported that at least 4,239 people were killed and 1,356 injured in Haiti between July and February, with weapons illegally entering the country despite a UN arms embargo.
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"Yea! It's a healthy boy! Great! Now, grab your stuff"
"Yea! It's a healthy boy! Great! Now, grab your stuff"
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That feels like some awkward combination of two different realities.
A bit like winning the lottery but you lost the ticket. Getting a new car and crash it in the first turn. Operation successful, patient deceased.
The DR is forced to draw the line to protect itsef. And nobody else in the world is going to step up and doing anything meaningful.