Santo Domingo.- The Director General of Migration, Enrique García, recommended this Saturday to illegal foreigners who are irregularly in the Dominican Republic, to go to their respective countries, to avoid situations of violence as occurred this week in the Juan Bosch City .
When visiting the border in the part of the Dajabón province, García indicated that the authorities will not renounce the right that assists it as a sovereign country to deport all illegal foreigners who are in the country.
“Our country is a free, sovereign country that has every right to carry out interventions and expel all illegal foreigners from our territory and we will never give up on that, what happened in Ciudad Juan Bosch should never have happened. Whoever is not legal in our country, we recommend that he go to his country, ”said García.
About the incident at City Juan Boschthe official expressed that it is unfortunate that some illegal Haitians take this initiative that can lead to dangerous events.
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He reiterated that the General Directorate of Migration respects human rights and due process, but that will not prevent disrespect for the authorities of the Dominican Republic.
“It is unfortunate that some illegal aliens take this initiative that can be dangerous, we have always said that we respect the human rights of all citizens of the world, we respect due process, but we will not allow disrespect for authority,” he said.
deported Haitians
This week, a total of 385 Haitians went detained during a “surprise intervention” carried out by the authorities in Ciudad Juan Bosch, reported the General Directorate of Migration, a day after immigrants confronted law enforcement agents in that sector.
Foreigners, arrested by immigration agents, together with the Armed Forces and the National Police“they will be submitted under the immigration laws,” reported Migration on their social networks.
The operation was carried out in the early hours of the day with the intention of detaining irregular immigrants, after a group of Haitians threw stones and other objects yesterday at immigration agents who tried to confirm their status in the country, according to videos posted on social networks. social.
The Government decided last year to toughen immigration measures for citizens of Haitiactions that the authorities justify due to the worsening of the crisis in the neighboring country.
