The Directorate General of Migration (DGM) announces that it carried out migration control operations from 3 to 7 February in the National District, the municipalities of Santo-Domingo East, North and West and different sectors of 12 provinces : Azua, Barahona, Espaillat, Hermanas Mirabal, La Altagracia, Mgr Nouel, Montecristi, Neyba, San José de Ocoa, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Rodríguez and Valverde.

During these operations 1,805 people of Haitian origin were arrested and checked. After verification using biometric readers and the central database of the DGM, 1,561 Haitians (86.5%) were declared to be in an irregular or paperless migration situation and taken back to the border posts of Dajabón, Elías Piña and Jimaní, for be registered there and deported to Haiti.

The migratory teams were made up 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.haitilibre.com/en/news-29968-haiti-social-over-90-of-haitians-controlled-in-dr-are-in-an-irregular-migration-situation.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29870-icihaiti-dr-1-581-haitians-deported.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29814-icihaiti-dr-increase-in-deportations-by-more-than-78.html

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

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27734-icihaiti-social-nearly-400-000-haitians-deported-or-turned-back-since-june-2015.html

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