In file photo, border guards check Haitians' papers.
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Dajabón.- Tension reigns at the border crossing in the northwestern town of Dajabón and in Ouanaminthe on the Haitian side since Sunday afternoon, when around 700 Haitian nationals, accompanied by the priest Regino Martinez, head of the organization Border Solidarity, demand they’d be allowed to enter Dominican territory, as thousands of immigrants from the neighboring country mobilize in their support.
Dozens of police agents, Army soldiers and members of the Border Security Corps (Cesfront) arrived in two Air Force helicopters to maintain the situation under control.
The tension could hinder commerce in the cross border market held every Monday and Friday, during which Haitian vendors are allowed into Dajabon.
Armed Forces Ministry PR director Rafael Acosta Sena said Cesfront and the Immigration Agency are holding talks with Martinez to clarify why the Haitian nationals aren’t allowed across the border.
He said the priest and Dominican authorities agreed that dozens of undocumented Haitian workers traveling to visit their families in Haiti during the holidays can reenter the country, provided they had IDs from a Dominican employer and official documents from their country.
"It seems that most of them didn’t travel with the ID from their employers or presented documents from their country and therefore haven’t been allowed to enter Dominican territory," the official said, adding: "There are around 700 Haitians in the Ouanaminthe side and around 4,000 at the Dajabón bridge, pressing to let them cross."
From: United States
They broke down the wall in Berlin. Just move the debris to here, and build a new one!!!!!!
From: United States, Vivir sin Patria, es lo mismo que vivir sin Honor.
If they're not able to present documents and proper ID then they should not be allowed through.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
Arrest the priest for the attempted human trafficking of 700 illegals across the border.
Written by: generoso, 7 Jan 2013 11:44 AM
From: Dominican Republic, United States
Not arrest the priest, poor soul! turn him over to the haitian cannibals, and they will make a sancocho out of him!
Close the border and ship all illegals haitians out, otherwise we shall cry like women, what we where not able to defend as men.
The DR is NOT the solution to haitian problems.
From: Jamaica
"He said the priest and Dominican authorities agreed that dozens of undocumented Haitian workers traveling to visit their families in Haiti during the holidays can reenter the country, provided they had IDs from a Dominican employer and official documents from their country."
I told you geniuses that your issue should not be with the haitian people but with your business moguls who hire these people. They have the real power to stop the influx. Since when is an ID from a Dominican employer a stand-in for a Passport and Visa? I don't believe the crap about requiring official documents from their country, B.S.!
The poor Haitians are waking up and realizing that they are being used and abused by the Dominican system. We Jamaicans would rather eat bean soup every day then go work in a country where we are exploited from day one. Much to blame for this is Haiti itself. I know that they did not cause their poverty, they have France and the US to thank for that.
From: Dominican Republic
Honestly!..this is getting out of hand. How do you go from agreeing for "dozens of undocumented Haitian" enter with the appropriate papers to 4,700 demanding to enter???
Written by: Atabey, 7 Jan 2013 11:46 AM
From: United States, NYC
Yes, RobertoJose.
No papers No entrance. Each individual is responsible for his/her own papers. You don't have papers THEN don't leave. Period.
From: Dominican Republic
chilliwestaziz,
Good points!
From: Jamaica
When you hear ex-Haitian ministers living in $800,000 houses in Miramar, Fl; people who used to be poor before taking office, it makes it easy to connect the dots. Imagine how much money has been funneled out of Haiti via these crooks!
Haiti is moving away from the free help of the US to the self-help approach help of Vietnam. I hope that Vietnam will be able to turn Haiti around and succeed where the US and Canada have failed.
From: United States
they will strip the country side bare of all trees, pollute the waterways and create mayhem in the job market. Look across the border and see what they have done to their homeland and those who have been crossing the border to cut down the Forrest to make charcoal. Keep them out for the sake of your children.
Written by: riosm, 7 Jan 2013 12:21 PM
From: United States
Oh boy ! This could be the start of something really big.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
look how easy it is to gather 700 people willing to enter forcibly, it would only take a few days to gather a million and come storming in. The sick in the front and the healthy in the back.
Written by: Pedrin, 7 Jan 2013 12:58 PM
From: United States
riosm- Just what I was thinking.
Written by: ingle23 
, 7 Jan 2013 1:04 PM
From: United States, brooklyn, NY
Guys,
No proper legal documentation, ACCESS DENIED.
Written by: curlando, 7 Jan 2013 1:08 PM
From: United States, Bronx
Please welcome all Haitians. They are your brothers.
From: United States
We already have 1.5 millions of haitians in DR..
Do we really need more of them?
Do we have a real immigration law that dont allow illegals ones, like USA and Europe?
Instead of allowing them to get in we should start kicking them out!
From: United States, NJ
curliando:
They might be your brother but sertanly not mine !
Written by: Avaro, 7 Jan 2013 1:55 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Ensanche Ozama
I hate how they're DEMANDING entry, as if DR is theirs. Don't let them in, and send even more back to Haiti.
From: United States, Omnipresence
Umm......Landmines?
Written by: Atabey, 7 Jan 2013 2:02 PM
From: United States, NYC
And these border problems can only get worse since:
"Canada suspends aid to Haiti
Why should hard-working Canadian tax-payers be shoveling money into Haiti when those folks won't do a damn thing to help themselves?"
01/04/2013 18:22 GMT
OTTAWA, Jan 4, 2013 (AFP) - Canada is holding back aid to Haiti over concerns about mismanagement of funds in the Caribbean nation, International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino said Friday to a Canadian paper.
Several million dollars in aid "has been frozen for the moment," Minister Julian Fantino told the daily French-language newspaper La Presse.
Some established aid programs are continuing, but no new monies would flow until there is better management of reconstruction efforts, he said, three years after a devastating earthquake killed more than 200,000 on the island.
Ottawa had committed Can$390 million ($395 million) to Haiti reconstruction, making Canada one of the top donor nations to Haiti.
Written by: Atabey, 7 Jan 2013 2:03 PM
From: United States, NYC
Fantino visited Haiti in November to assess the situation, and said the country "is still in very bad shape." He lamented a lack of progress in the reconstruction, in his view, blaming poor management on the ground.
"Are we going to continue doing things the same way in Haiti? I don't think so. Because we're not seeing the kind of progress that Canadians should expect," Fantino told La Presse.
"Will we have to continue dealing with Haiti's problems forever? They too have to step up," he added.
The minister's office was not immediately available to confirm the news report, nor detail what specific aid was cut.
The Canadian International Development Agency said it will continue offering emergency help "should humanitarian crises arise."
If more nations do the same, Haiti's problems will only increase putting more pressure on DR.
Coming up the third year after the earthquake disaster .
Written by: Danilo, 7 Jan 2013 2:33 PM
From: Dominican Republic, www.DuckyDeals.com
They shouldn't try to reconstruct Haiti or feed the Haitians, they should just build factories and training centers and everything else will fall into place.
From: Canada
@ Curlando:
LOL.... Obviously you've never had your brother come and stay with you for a month. LOL...
In General:
The point about RD business hiring cheap/slave labour may be very valid, and needs pursuing. Governments - the world over - turn a blind eye to this practice - and businesses run wild with it - especially in agricultural sectors.
From: Jamaica
Atabey,
The last time I checked, Canada is home to a myriad of major corporations including a very progressive government that is run like a major corporation. These Canadian corporations are crawling with Project Managers who spearhead projects from conception to completion. If Canada wanted to see progress in Haiti; relative to its own capital projects, they should have put Canadian project managers in place. Throwing money at USAID, the Red Cross, or the UN does not guarantee you progress. Progress should be measured by the number of projects successfully completed, not by Canada's expectation of progress based on the amount of money allocated for projects. In my opinion, Canada failed because they knew better. How many of their corporations and how many of their capital projects are being run without the proper oversight? None! Except maybe those that they are funding in Haiti.
From: United States, Brooklyn
and where is Josean? Anyone
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
Carlos, call his name out 7 times in front of the mirror
From: Dominican Republic, NEVER FORGOTTEN, NEVER FORSAKEN!
Josean is not Haitian these days, he's Jamaican too.
Written by: jasfalon, 8 Jan 2013 10:17 AM
From: United States
When I go back and forth between Dajabon and Ouanaminthe, I don't play the customs extortion games. I cross by walking through the river. My Haitian and Dominican friends do the same. These Haitians can do the same, but they need to make a point publicly. Good work Regino!
From: United States
Josie's Ano is desperate to cross on this side of the border..
Look at the mob he gathers around!
Wherever Josie's Ano goes, there is trouble!
From: Dominican Republic
ohhhvictor,...(and others)
Not for nothing, does all post concerning Haiti or Haitians has to have a derogatory comment about Josean? Can you guys, at least this year, try to stay on the topic of the article without hijacking the whole comment area with back and forth insults??
Written by: rokete, 9 Jan 2013 3:29 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
You give these people the opportunity to work in our country, and now they are claiming our hospitality as a legal right.
While Dominicans are living in different parts of the world, because they cannot find work and make a decent living in their own country, these people are invading our country working and living as they please in DR.
Put that priest in jail for the next 10 years.
DR cannot carry the burden of Hatian recklessness and mismanagement anymore. Send those freaking people back to Haiti, or to France that created this stain in the Americas, this mess in (Las Antillas), to the United States that does not want then, and is forcing us to have them in our territory, and to Canada that is always complaining about us.
Put an end to Hatian invasion to DR, NOW. Back to Haiti Louis Pier, back where you belong.
WAKE UP DOMINICANS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, STOP CALLING THIS HATIAN MIGRATION,
IT IS A HATIAN SLOW AND PACIFIC INVASION.
QUE VIVA TRUJILLO!!!!
Written by: rokete, 9 Jan 2013 3:33 AM
From: Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo
Que viva Trujillo Molina!!!
Que Viva el Jefe!!!
From: United States, NJ
If there is no need for the Armed Forces any more due to the fact the Haitians have invaded us pacificaly,and that was the only rerasons it was created.just shut it down and save money apply it towards education.
You can't fight globalization,am suprised Haiti has not been lucrative for investors from all over the world ,since all they are looking for is cheap labor.
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Close the border and ship all illegals haitians out, otherwise we shall cry like women, what we where not able to defend as men.
The DR is NOT the solution to haitian problems.
I told you geniuses that your issue should not be with the haitian people but with your business moguls who hire these people. They have the real power to stop the influx. Since when is an ID from a Dominican employer a stand-in for a Passport and Visa? I don't believe the crap about requiring official documents from their country, B.S.!
The poor Haitians are waking up and realizing that they are being used and abused by the Dominican system. We Jamaicans would rather eat bean soup every day then go work in a country where we are exploited from day one. Much to blame for this is Haiti itself. I know that they did not cause their poverty, they have France and the US to thank for that.
Yes, RobertoJose.
No papers No entrance. Each individual is responsible for his/her own papers. You don't have papers THEN don't leave. Period.
Good points!
Haiti is moving away from the free help of the US to the self-help approach help of Vietnam. I hope that Vietnam will be able to turn Haiti around and succeed where the US and Canada have failed.
No proper legal documentation, ACCESS DENIED.
Do we really need more of them?
Do we have a real immigration law that dont allow illegals ones, like USA and Europe?
Instead of allowing them to get in we should start kicking them out!
They might be your brother but sertanly not mine !
And these border problems can only get worse since:
"Canada suspends aid to Haiti
Why should hard-working Canadian tax-payers be shoveling money into Haiti when those folks won't do a damn thing to help themselves?"
01/04/2013 18:22 GMT
OTTAWA, Jan 4, 2013 (AFP) - Canada is holding back aid to Haiti over concerns about mismanagement of funds in the Caribbean nation, International Cooperation Minister Julian Fantino said Friday to a Canadian paper.
Several million dollars in aid "has been frozen for the moment," Minister Julian Fantino told the daily French-language newspaper La Presse.
Some established aid programs are continuing, but no new monies would flow until there is better management of reconstruction efforts, he said, three years after a devastating earthquake killed more than 200,000 on the island.
Ottawa had committed Can$390 million ($395 million) to Haiti reconstruction, making Canada one of the top donor nations to Haiti.
Fantino visited Haiti in November to assess the situation, and said the country "is still in very bad shape." He lamented a lack of progress in the reconstruction, in his view, blaming poor management on the ground.
"Are we going to continue doing things the same way in Haiti? I don't think so. Because we're not seeing the kind of progress that Canadians should expect," Fantino told La Presse.
"Will we have to continue dealing with Haiti's problems forever? They too have to step up," he added.
The minister's office was not immediately available to confirm the news report, nor detail what specific aid was cut.
The Canadian International Development Agency said it will continue offering emergency help "should humanitarian crises arise."
If more nations do the same, Haiti's problems will only increase putting more pressure on DR.
Coming up the third year after the earthquake disaster .
LOL.... Obviously you've never had your brother come and stay with you for a month. LOL...
In General:
The point about RD business hiring cheap/slave labour may be very valid, and needs pursuing. Governments - the world over - turn a blind eye to this practice - and businesses run wild with it - especially in agricultural sectors.
The last time I checked, Canada is home to a myriad of major corporations including a very progressive government that is run like a major corporation. These Canadian corporations are crawling with Project Managers who spearhead projects from conception to completion. If Canada wanted to see progress in Haiti; relative to its own capital projects, they should have put Canadian project managers in place. Throwing money at USAID, the Red Cross, or the UN does not guarantee you progress. Progress should be measured by the number of projects successfully completed, not by Canada's expectation of progress based on the amount of money allocated for projects. In my opinion, Canada failed because they knew better. How many of their corporations and how many of their capital projects are being run without the proper oversight? None! Except maybe those that they are funding in Haiti.
and where is Josean? Anyone
Josie's Ano is desperate to cross on this side of the border..
Look at the mob he gathers around!
Wherever Josie's Ano goes, there is trouble!
Not for nothing, does all post concerning Haiti or Haitians has to have a derogatory comment about Josean? Can you guys, at least this year, try to stay on the topic of the article without hijacking the whole comment area with back and forth insults??
While Dominicans are living in different parts of the world, because they cannot find work and make a decent living in their own country, these people are invading our country working and living as they please in DR.
Put that priest in jail for the next 10 years.
DR cannot carry the burden of Hatian recklessness and mismanagement anymore. Send those freaking people back to Haiti, or to France that created this stain in the Americas, this mess in (Las Antillas), to the United States that does not want then, and is forcing us to have them in our territory, and to Canada that is always complaining about us.
Put an end to Hatian invasion to DR, NOW. Back to Haiti Louis Pier, back where you belong.
WAKE UP DOMINICANS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, STOP CALLING THIS HATIAN MIGRATION,
IT IS A HATIAN SLOW AND PACIFIC INVASION.
QUE VIVA TRUJILLO!!!!
Que Viva el Jefe!!!
You can't fight globalization,am suprised Haiti has not been lucrative for investors from all over the world ,since all they are looking for is cheap labor.