The Ministry of Foreign Relations said it has sent a diplomatic note to the government of Haiti in protest of the incursion of armed police into Dominican territory.
After issuing the note, Foreign Minister Roberto Álvarez hoped this type of event would not happen again.
Given the situation, the resident coordinator of the United Nations, Mauricio Ramírez Villegas, called for caution.
A recent Diario Libre-Greenberg poll indicates 62% of Dominicans eligible to vote see more negatives than positives to Haitian migration. 59% approved the border restriction measures, and 79% approved the shutdown of the border in September. The gates on the Dominican side were subsequently opened to trade but the migratory restrictions, including the biometric registration requirement, have stayed. The poll indicated that in general terms, Haitian immigration is a bad thing for the Dominican Republic (62%) and harms the economy (61%).
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Diario Libre
6 December 2023