Director of Migration Ricardo Taveras Blanco has invited United States Labor Secretary Tony Perez to visit sugar mills in the Dominican Republic and see for himself that there is no child labor there, as reported in Hoy. Perez recently announced a donation of US$10 million to eradicate the problem.
“From here I tell the minister of Labor of the United States who has received some WikiLeaks saying that there is child labor here that he can come and see the mills because he has said he will invest US$10 million that will be used I don’t know where.” He said that in matters of cooperation what is needed is more “serious” organizations such as the International Migration Organization that works with funds from the US and Canada to provide the funds needed to help undocumented workers get their legal papers.
Taveras aclara a ministro EU no hay trabajo infantil en ingenios