The Ministers of Foreign Relations of the DR and Haiti met yesterday in Santo Domingo for a new round of migration issue discussions. Minister of Foreign Relations Eduardo Latorre urged Dominicans and Haitians to "not allow themselves to be overtaken by voices and insensible media that want instantaneous solutions." He said it is a duty of both nations to assume with responsibility the obligations, without inherence of any kind. Latorre again stressed that the migration of Haitians to the DR is the result of the differences in the levels of development of the two countries. People will always migrate to where there are more job and welfare opportunities. According to a report in El Siglo, Haiti presented a list of 14 requests. Haiti requests that the DR grant refugee status to illegal Haitian migrants. This was rejected by the Dominican negotiators on grounds that there is not a state of war between both countries. The DR agreed to not separate families at the time of deporting Haitians.
