President Luis Abinader dedicated his presentation at the Monday, 6 May 2024 in La Semanal con la Prensa press conference to focus on actions his government has taken in favor of Dominicans abroad and the importance of this community. Dominicans abroad can participate in health insurance plans, education plans, housing plans, funeral services plans, among others.
Around 800,000 Dominicans are registered to vote abroad.
President Abinader will be in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday, 8 May 2024 to receive a leadership award from the Americas Society/Council of the Americas.
During the Monday press conference, the President spoke of the many programs his administration has underway to benefit Dominican expats. Remittances from Dominicans abroad have an enormous impact on the economy every year. Likewise, the expat vote could decide an election.
Currently, there are 2,846,716 Dominicans registered abroad, with 240 associations in 30 countries.
There are 2,569,078 (90.2% of registered expats) Dominicans living in the Americas. Europe follows with 274,885 for 9.7%. Another 2,753 Dominicans (0.1%) live in other continents.
92% of Dominicans live in the United States (2,396,784), Spain (193,653), Puerto Rico (54,025), Italy (28,912) and Canada (22,125).
Of the migrants, 53.5% are women and 46.5% are men.
The vote of Dominicans abroad was crucial to the win of President Abinader in the 2020 presidential election.
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La Semanal 6 May 2024 – minute 26:40
8 May 2024