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iciHaiti - Social : A group of Haitians block the border bridge at Ounaminthe
18/01/2017 09:57:15

On Tuesday afternoon, a group of Haitians blocked the binational bridge, linking Ouanaminthe to Dajabon in Dominican territory. The Haitians demanded that the Dominican authorities allow access to their territory to a mother and her three children who had returned from Haiti after spending the holidays with their families, because they held Dominican birth certificates...

Dozens of people walking, private and tradespeople and the vehicles remained blocked in rows unable to cross the bridge on which the protestors had erected barricades with various objects. "Until the Dominicans let this woman go with her children who are Dominicans, nobody will cross the bridge," declared a highly motivated Haitian protester...

During this time the Dominican army and other border control officers (CESFRONT) intensified their surveillance around the crossing of the border of Dajabon to avoid any incident.

According to our information, late in the afternoon no Haitian authorities intervened or were present at the scene of the incident and the bridge was still blocked...

PI/ HaitiLibre