Dominican Republic under fire as deportations of pregnant and breastfeeding women to Haiti rise

By Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español The Government of the Dominican Republic assured this Thursday that the repatriations of Haitian citizens are carried out in compliance with the law, in rejection of the denunciation issued by the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) of Haiti, which called the expulsions “especially worrying.” The official position is in the midst of a climate of growing tension between the two countries and while Haiti is exp…

Dominican Republic under fire over pregnant and breastfeeding women deported to Haiti

The United Nations and human rights activists are warning about an increase in pregnant women being deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti where they say their lives are being put at risk

Dominican Republic under fire as deportations of pregnant and breastfeeding women to Haiti rise

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The recent migration control measures implemented by the Dominican authorities have had an immediate impact on the flow of Haitian patients in the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital. According to data provided to N Digital, Haitians' attendance has decreased by 70%, a significant figure in a center where their presence was usual and even exceeded that of Dominicans, on some occasions. Between Monday and Thursday, only two Haitians came to th…

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), an increasing number of Haitian pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as young children, are being returned to Haiti, a country where access to health care and basic services is currently severely restricted. On Tuesday alone, 416 people were […]

A year of transition, a year of disillusionment: the CPT in the face of the failure of its mission in Haiti. It was exactly one year since the nine members of the Presidential Council of Transition (CPT) were sworn in to take over the leadership of the Haitian State, after the departure of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. At the time, this new governance, the result of a political and diplomatic consensus, raised many hopes in a nation that was breat…