Following the suspension of student visas for Haitians and their non-automatic renewal https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35153-haiti-flash-suspension-of-haitian-student-visas-in-the-dominican-rep-clarification.html an investigative report submitted to Dominican President Luis Abinader allows to better understand the "undersides" of the Dominican decision, which at the time had that its decision aimed to prevent the arrival of criminal elements on its territory because of growing insecurity in Haiti, and provoked strong reactions from Haitian students.

After 4 months of investigations, Dominican investigators reveal in their report that the process of granting and delivering of student visas for Haitian https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33683-haiti-flash-visa-applications-for-haitian-students-approved-by-the-dominican-authorities.html , has been the subject of illicit transactions and that of non-student individuals whose names are mentioned in the report [but not disclosed to the media], have benefited from these visas.

In addition, there are reports that student visas granted free of charge by the Dominican Republic have been collected for money or sold.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35153-haiti-flash-suspension-of-haitian-student-visas-in-the-dominican-rep-clarification.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35150-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34458-haiti-flash-200-first-dominican-visas-issued-to-haitian-students.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33683-haiti-flash-visa-applications-for-haitian-students-approved-by-the-dominican-authorities.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33269-haiti-flash-towards-a-visa-for-more-than-2-800-university-students-in-dr.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33662-haiti-flash-a-special-visa-for-haitian-university-students-in-the-dominican-republic.html

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