The Directorate General of Migration (DGM) announces that it carried out migration control operations from 7 to 12 January in different sectors of the National District, the municipalities of Santo Domingo North and East and in 9 provinces : Azua, Barahona, Dajabón, Duarte, Pedernales , Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Rodríguez, San Juan de la Maguana and Valverde.

During these operations 1,803 people of Haitian origin were arrested and checked (78% more than the previous week https://www.icihaiti.com/article-https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29718-icihaiti-dr-nearly-200-haitians-deported-every-day.html ). After verification using biometric readers and the central database of the DGM, 1,765 Haitians (98%) were declared in an irregular or paperless migration situation and taken back to the border posts of Dajabón, Elías Piña and Jimaní, to be registered and deported to Haiti.

The migratory teams were composed of inspectors, agents of the DGM with the support of the military, the Dominican National Police, the Specialized Corps of Tourist Security (CESTUR) in coordination with the Public Ministry of the Provinces concerned.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29718-icihaiti-dr-nearly-200-haitians-deported-every-day.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29643-icihaiti-dr-906-haitians-deported.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29526-icihaiti-dr-84-of-haitians-checked-are-illegal.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29430-haiti-politic-the-dominican-republic-intensifies-migration-control-operations.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29238-icihaiti-dr-the-dominican-republic-continues-to-deport-haitians.html

S/ iciHaiti