The Dominican Republic and Cuba have signed an immigration agreement aimed at regulating illegal immigration. Director general of Migration Jose Ricardo Taveras Blanco and Cuba’s deputy minister of Foreign Relations Nelly Perez Duverge signed the immigration cooperation memorandum concluding the 7th Round of Cuba-Dominican Republic Migration Talks held at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. The Cuban delegation was headed by ambassador Rafael Daussa, director of consular affairs and in charge of matters of Cubans residing abroad for Cuba, and included the Cuban ambassador in the Dominican Republic Alexis Bandrick Vega.
Taveras stated: “As long as there are inequalities and lack of opportunities, the migration phenomenon will continue to be a problem that requires attention by the states, and that is why cooperation for the order and legality in migration flows is an increasingly urgent imperative in our times.”
Santo Domingo and Santiago courts have been hearing smuggling cases involving Cubans, including baseball players. Cuban doctors and teachers are known to have migrated to the Dominican Republic illegally.
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