President Danilo Medina says he expects the Haitian government to provide its nationals with identification documentation and asked for their cooperation in the process to regularize the status of Haitians who have migrated to the Dominican Republic. The lack of identification is the greatest obstacle to the regularization of their status in the Dominican Republic.
He said that both countries should work to speed up the process. He commented that while he is aware of the problems Haiti has with issuing personal documentation he also knows that the Venezuelan government is providing support for the development of a Civil Registry.
President Medina made his comments yesterday, Tuesday 17 June 2014 as he was leaving the Savica funeral parlor during a condolence visit to the Director General of Prisons, Tomas Holguin and his family following the death of his brother, Jose Francisco Hernandez.
For more on the topic in Spanish:
http://presidencia.gob.do/comunicados/presidente-medina-pide-colaboraci%C3%B3n-de-hait%C3%AD-en-documentaci%C3%B3n-de-sus-nacionales