EFE press agency reports that over the weekend, 1,012 Haitians were deported from the DR after being arrested in the provinces of Santiago, La Vega, Puerto Plata, and other areas in the northwestern region of the country. According to regional Immigration Department spokesman Arcadio Rojas, this is part of an operation launched by immigration authorities with the aim of controlling and regulating illegal immigration into Dominican territory. An immigration source told EFE that more than 3,000 Haitians had been arrested over the weekend but their date of deportation was not disclosed. Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza, admitted that the Haitian crisis is affecting the DR and called upon the international community to cooperate with the Dominican government in tackling the situation. Insulza stated that the DR cannot handle Haiti’s problems because it does not have the economic resources for this. He said that over the last few years the DR has received a large volume of Haitian migration without receiving any aid from international organizations. The DR and Haiti share the island of Hispaniola and are separated by a border of almost 400 kilometers. Dominican authorities estimate the number of Haitians living in their territory at one million, mostly illegal aliens, working mainly in sugar plantations and the construction industry.