Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre confirmed that President Fernandez and President Rene Preval discussed the repatriation of illegal Haitians living in the DR. Both statesmen were in Cuba to attend the 9th Iberoamerican Summit. The Listín Diario reports that President Preval recognized the right of the DR to deport illegal Haitians. Minister of Foreign Relations Latorre said that the deportations will continue with the participation of the Haitian Migration authorities. The Dominican government committed to investigate the complaint that two persons (one in La Romana, another in Santo Domingo) who did not have any identification papers, died when they were being deported. The Dominican and Haitian authorities also agreed to coordinate for this weekend a meeting of the respective heads of migration at the border to discuss the method that will rule the deportations. Latorre said that the Haitian government requested that lists with the names of the deported persons be sent in advance to Haitian authorities on the frontier.
