The Migration Agency (DGM) reported that some 13,446 illegal foreigners were repatriated to their respective countries during the month of July 2017. According to Diario Libre, persons from Colombia, Cuba, France, Haiti, Peru, Venezuela and Russia were among those deported. This brings the total to 38,426 persons repatriated in 2017.
According to the DGM, there were 21,403 persons entering the country across the border with Haiti and 18,447 persons going from the Dominican Republic into Haiti, mostly through the town of Jimani, the main point for land crossings.
3 August 2017
