Minister of Foreign Relations Hugo Tolentino Dipp said that the government needs to create a specialized organization to deal with the frontier. He feels the Army is today acting with men that have not been duly trained to deal with the trafficking of illegal migrants. Minister Tolentino has repeatedly stated that this creates a situation where many seek to profit from the Haitian tragedy. He said that Minister of the Armed Forces Jose Miguel Soto Jimenez is himself aware of the need for a specialized force to police the frontier. Tolentino said that the mass migration from Haiti will only stop when Haiti develops. On the proactive side, he highlighted the work of the newly created Committee Pro-Fund for Dominican-Haitian Frontier Development that is endeavoring to use Dominican foreign debt payments for development projects.
