mirabal4ever previously said:


DAJABON, Dominican Republic – Dominican and Haitian authorities set about strengthening their common border after violent incidents in the area left one Haitian and one Dominican injured and a member of border security with contusions from being struck.

Haitian police aided by members of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, known as Minustah, cordoned off the border to keep it under surveillance.

At the same time the Dominican Republic’s Specialized Border Security Corps, or Cesfront, doubled its watch on points along the border where undocumented Haitians and smuggled goods most often enter the country.

Cesfront announced the measure following an outbreak of protests in the community of La Vigia in the northwestern province of Dajabon over the death of Dominican Carlos Espinal, 34, for which two Haitians are blamed, of whom one is under arrest at the Haitian police station in the northeastern city of Ouanaminthe.

Meanwhile the chief of Cesfront, Maj. Gen. Santo Domingo Guerrero Clase, prepared to transfer soldiers from the La Vigia detachment, located just 100 meters (328 feet) from the city of Ouanaminthe.

Military and civil authorities in the province of Dajabon met Saturday with the victim’s family members and La Vigia residents in order to lower tensions, but with little in the way of results.

At the meeting, community leaders said they will only end their protests when Haitian authorities send back to the Dominican side of the border the two Haitians accused of killing Espinal.

Some in Haiti are now raising their voices against the extradition to the Dominican Republic of the Dominican’s suspected killer and of another who is currently a fugitive from justice.

At the same time, army officials said that Haitian authorities have warned their Dominican counterparts that the Haitian Pepine Wasson Chipa will not be handed over to be tried in this country, because he has issues pending in his own country and also because he was arrested in Haitian territory.

The spokesman for the La Vigia Development Committee, Edward Perez, said that Haitians armed with clubs, stones and knives crossed into Dominican territory to incite the disturbances, leaving a total of three people injured, including a member of Cesfront.

He also blamed those Haitians of looting vendors’ stalls of merchandise at the bilateral market held every Friday and Monday in Dajabon.

He added that residents of border communities are desperate and fed up with the criminal acts committed by Haitians who easily cross over into Dominican territory.

The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, with Haiti in the western portion. Though both countries are poor, Haiti is destitute, and an estimated 2 million Haitians live in the country, most of them illegal immigrants who work in agriculture and construction.

Crimes by Haitians frequently spur indiscriminate violence against migrants, while a March 2007 report by Amnesty International denounced “deeply rooted racial discrimination” against Haitians in the Dominican Republic.

mirabal4ever previously said:


DAJABON, Dominican Republic – Dominican and Haitian authorities set about strengthening their common border after violent incidents in the area left one Haitian and one Dominican injured and a member of border security with contusions from being struck.

Haitian police aided by members of the U.N. Stabilization Mission in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country, known as Minustah, cordoned off the border to keep it under surveillance.

At the same time the Dominican Republic’s Specialized Border Security Corps, or Cesfront, doubled its watch on points along the border where undocumented Haitians and smuggled goods most often enter the country.

Cesfront announced the measure following an outbreak of protests in the community of La Vigia in the northwestern province of Dajabon over the death of Dominican Carlos Espinal, 34, for which two Haitians are blamed, of whom one is under arrest at the Haitian police station in the northeastern city of Ouanaminthe.

Meanwhile the chief of Cesfront, Maj. Gen. Santo Domingo Guerrero Clase, prepared to transfer soldiers from the La Vigia detachment, located just 100 meters (328 feet) from the city of Ouanaminthe.

Military and civil authorities in the province of Dajabon met Saturday with the victim’s family members and La Vigia residents in order to lower tensions, but with little in the way of results.

At the meeting, community leaders said they will only end their protests when Haitian authorities send back to the Dominican side of the border the two Haitians accused of killing Espinal.

Some in Haiti are now raising their voices against the extradition to the Dominican Republic of the Dominican’s suspected killer and of another who is currently a fugitive from justice.

At the same time, army officials said that Haitian authorities have warned their Dominican counterparts that the Haitian Pepine Wasson Chipa will not be handed over to be tried in this country, because he has issues pending in his own country and also because he was arrested in Haitian territory.

The spokesman for the La Vigia Development Committee, Edward Perez, said that Haitians armed with clubs, stones and knives crossed into Dominican territory to incite the disturbances, leaving a total of three people injured, including a member of Cesfront.

He also blamed those Haitians of looting vendors’ stalls of merchandise at the bilateral market held every Friday and Monday in Dajabon.

He added that residents of border communities are desperate and fed up with the criminal acts committed by Haitians who easily cross over into Dominican territory.

The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, with Haiti in the western portion. Though both countries are poor, Haiti is destitute, and an estimated 2 million Haitians live in the country, most of them illegal immigrants who work in agriculture and construction.

Crimes by Haitians frequently spur indiscriminate violence against migrants, while a March 2007 report by Amnesty International denounced “deeply rooted racial discrimination” against Haitians in the Dominican Republic.

Brazilians previously said:



I said it before and I'll say it again here, the Dominican government needs to recognize the human rights of Haitian migrants. It needs to work towards reform of its migratory laws. It needs to regularize their status and provide them with documentation. And it needs to work with Haiti to establish a guess worker program because there is a need for hard working Haitians in the D.R.

It needs to also address the reason why so many Haitians sneak into the Dominican Republic, and why thousands of Dominican females and others risk life, limb and dignity to sneak into Puerto Rico.

A guess worker program is a good way to address the problems short hand, unifiying the two countries is a long term goal that also be explored.

generoso previously said:



That is a long DR government "to do" list. I wonder why you so DO NOT conveniently list any obligations or "to do" list for the Haitian government.
Keep dreaming about unification, like your dream that your identity will last forever . LOL.