President Luis Abinader dedicated his 21 April press conference to share details on the advances of the 15 points the government is focusing on to curtail the flow of Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic. Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez has said that while the government spends billions in protecting the border and deporting Haitians, the border is a revolving door, with Haitians being deported and promptly returning to the country.
15th time at the Security Council in 4.5 years. All my appearances have been to instar a este organo a tomar medidas de lugar ante multidimensional crisis in Haiti. The human drama is identified among 15 conflicts in the world in 2025. The brutal of the gangs we cannot ….
Among the 15 measures are amendments to the Migration Law to curb Haitian migration, and people and contraband goods smuggling.
The presentation coincided with the start on 21 April 2025 of new measures that seek to discourage Haitian birthing tourism. The new protocol calls for an obligation for Haitians to pay for the inputs and medicines used for the medical services, not so the physician charges or use of the facilities. The new measures establish that after the medical service are rendered to undocumented persons seeking the service via the emergency room, the person will be delivered to a migration agent to start the deportation process. The measure is taken after many complaints that attention to Haitian patients had displaced Dominicans seeking medical services. With the increase of violence in Haiti, more and more Haitians have been seeking the free medical services in the Dominican Republic.
The measures include the construction of an additional 13 kms of border fencing to deter the theft of cattle impacting cattle ranchers in the province of Dajabon.
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La Semanal 21 April 2025
22 April 2025