Over 150,000 Haitians in irregular migratory situation have left DR

Santo Domingo.- Official repatriation operations and returns qualified as "voluntary and spontaneous" of Haitian living in irregular migratory situation in the Dominican Republic continue to the Haitian-Dominican border, Haiti Libre reported.

According to the online newspaper, in March this year 5,600 Haitians returned to Haiti (2,907 returnees and 2,753 cases of voluntary returns). These figures are less than in February (8,000).

The Dominican Immigration Agency had reported that from June 2015 to March 2016 nearly 150.400 Haitians would have returned to their home country.