Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp denounced the existence of an organized human trafficking ring that takes advantage of the circumstances to bring Haitian mothers and their children to work as beggars on the streets in Santo Domingo and other major cities. He called the problem to the attention of the Department of Migration. "I do not think that the mothers that come from Haiti do so spontaneously; I believe, given the way the mothers and children show up on select days on street corners, that it does not happen spontaneously," he said. He speculated that someone is profiting from the human contraband. "I believe that this is part of the same trafficking that brings Haitian journeymen to the DR," he said. He commented that the traffickers determine the timing of the delivery of immigrants based on specific political and social events. He requested that Migration pay attention to the matter.
