The Haitian ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Idalbert Pierre-Jean, was recalled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti yesterday on 9 August 2017 and his interim replacement will be counselor minister Yousemine Myrthil, who will serve as charge d’affaires. So far there is no news as to his replacement.
CDN news had reported on 13 July 2017, that Pierre-Jean defended the right of the Dominican authorities to deport all foreigners with irregular status in the country during a meeting at the Chamber of Deputies. “Evidently migratory laws grant total sovereignty. Normally, one has to respect what the authorities order. The Dominican authorities have the right to deport all the undocumented persons on the streets,” reported he had said during a meeting with the Border Affairs Commission of the Chamber of Deputies. Pierre-Jean had said that the Haitian mission was vigilant so that the civil rights of the immigrants are respected. “All we can do is ask that the civil rights of the immigrants be respected,” he said.
Readers will recall that on Tuesday, 8 August 2017, the Minister of Foreign Relations, Miguel Vargas, received a visit by a delegation of congressional members and officials from Haiti, who admitted that the process of repatriation of undocumented persons was being carried out rigorously according to the protocols established by both countries. They Haitian delegation included the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Haitian Senate as well as Senators and consular ministers.
A note from the Ministry of Foreign Relations says that the meeting of high-level officials of the two nations came about due to a request by the Minister of Foreign Relations from Haiti Antonio Rodriguez, who expressed his interest in reinforcing the current efforts to solve the issues surrounding migration between both countries.
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Diario Libre
CDN
10 August 2017
