{"id":182667,"date":"2022-07-21T07:45:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T11:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=182667"},"modified":"2022-07-21T09:11:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:11:37","slug":"us-state-department-recommends-dominican-government-provide-haitian-immigrants-with-identity-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2022\/07\/21\/us-state-department-recommends-dominican-government-provide-haitian-immigrants-with-identity-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"US State Department recommends Dominican government provide Haitian immigrants with identity documents"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The US government recommends the Dominican government document Haitian immigrants. Most Haitians do not have any legal official documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report recommends the Dominican Republic fill the void left by the Haitian government and issue or re-issue identity documents to Haitians in border communities and Haitians already in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report recommends \u201cproactively and consistently screening Haitians and so-named Dominicans of Haitian descent, stressing pregnant women, migrants and those in the sugar industry, for trafficking indicators and referring them to state care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The complete list of \u201cprioritized recommendations\u201d in the report is:
\u2022 Proactively and consistently screen Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent, particularly pregnant women, migrants, and those in the sugar industry, for trafficking indicators and refer them to care.
\u2022 Develop, implement, and fund a new National Action Plan, and ensure the Interinstitutional Commission against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants (CITIM) meets regularly to carry out its anti-trafficking functions.
\u2022 Amend the 2003 anti-trafficking law to remove the requirement to prove force, fraud, and coercion of sex trafficking victims younger than 18 years of age to be consistent with international law.
\u2022 Issue or re-issue identity documents to Haitians in border communities, Haitians in the country, and Dominicans of Haitian descent.
\u2022 Vigorously investigate, prosecute, and convict traffickers, and apply appropriate sentences as ordered by law.
\u2022 Provide adequate human and financial resources and training to law enforcement, prosecutors, and judges to combat trafficking, particularly in areas outside of Santo Domingo, and ensure the National Police can routinely connect with other source or destination countries, including Haiti.
\u2022 Ensure potential child trafficking victims involved in gangs and drug trafficking are not penalized for unlawful acts traffickers compel them to commit, and ensure they are screened, identified, and referred to care.
\u2022 Expand consistent access to care, including a dedicated shelter, for male trafficking victims. \u2022 Increase the number of translators, especially in Haitian Creole, to assist in victim identification and referral to care.
\u2022 Improve legal representation for victims, including by strengthening the Service for Legal Representation of Victims’ Rights (RELEVIC).
\u2022 Increase criminal investigations and prosecutions of government officials allegedly complicit in trafficking and impose stronger sentences.
\u2022 Fully implement the Electronic Investigations Module as an official tool both in investigations and in official communications between the National Police and the Public Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more:
Trafficking in Persons Report <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The US government recommends the Dominican government document Haitian immigrants. Most Haitians do not have any legal official documentation. The US State Department Trafficking in Persons Report recommends the Dominican Republic fill the void left by the Haitian government and issue or re-issue identity documents to Haitians in border communities and Haitians already in the … <\/p>\n

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