1999News

Haiti government sets up tents for deported Haitians

The government of Haiti, with the funding of the European Union, is setting up tents to lodge along the frontier Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic. The tents are going up besides the Dominican city of Elías Piña. Hoy reported that the camps will be set up at the frontier crosses of Ouanaminthe-Dajabon, Anses-a-Pitre-Pedernales and Malpasse-Jimaní. The Dominican government agreed with Haiti recently that the deportations could only be made through those points. Most of the deported Haitians will eventually return to the DR, as Dominican frontier authorities say the problem of the large number of Haitian migrants will not be stopped until living conditions are improved in Haiti.