The European Union will assist the Dominican Republic to carry out a survey of the number of foreigners that reside in the Dominican Republic. The RD$3 million survey was prepared by the International Migration Organization. According to the director of the Department of Migration, Danilo Díaz, the larger concentrations of Europeans are in Sosua, Las Terrenas and Puerto Plata. Haitian migration is located all throughout the national territory. Demographers say the survey will underestimate the number of Haitians living in the DR. They attribute it to the fact that while there are clusters of Haitians, most work at farms and construction sites all throughout the country and are very mobile. The demographers consider the RD$3 million budget is insignificant for this kind of study, and suggest that questions that would collect this information be added to the national census slated for year 2000.
