Santo Domingo.- The Dominican President, Luis Abinadersaid Thursday that Amnesty International (AI) “Go to work to Haiti”, After Wednesday the human rights defender organization asked the immediate end of the collective expulsions of Haitians and that the controversial protocol that links access to health services is repealed and deportations.
“To Amnesty International I answer that I will work in Haiti, that they will deal with the situation of human rights in Haiti, that they do not leave Haiti. And to the international community also to do so,” said Abinader today when asked by journalists during a visit to four border points.
It was in the main of those points, Dajabón (northwest of the country), where Abinader made these comments and stressed- “My responsibility is to defend the Dominican Republic«.
The president came out thus, in the passage of AI’s claims in the sense that the implementation since last Monday of A system that exposes migrants to deportation after receiving medical care “Not only violates the right to health, but dehumanizes people without documentation and will surely dissuade them to go to hospitals, putting lives in danger.”
Instead, the director of AI for the Americas, Ana Piquer, considered that the Dominican Government “must take concrete measures against racial discrimination, guarantee access to international protection for people in need and ensure an environment free of stigmatization.”
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According to protocol Established, inspectors and migratory agents must verify in 33 Dominican public hospitals that patients have a valid identification, work letter, home test in the country and cover the cost of the services received.
Otherwise, They will be attended medically and, once recovered, deportedas Abinader announced this month in a message to the nation, in which he recommended to the thousands of undocumented Haitians living in the Dominican Republic “to leave voluntarily” or, otherwise, “they will be sought and repatriated.”
More kilometers of border wall
On the other hand, during his tour of today by the DIVISORY WALL That Dominican Republic lifts with the neighboring country, Abinader announced that before three months the bidding process will begin for the construction of others 13 kilometers of the perimeter fence even capotillo (border town in the province of Dajabón) to guarantee the protection of the country.
“You can ask all the citizens of Dabajón, it is they who are asking that the wall be extended for all positive results, especially security issues. This has reduced the robberies of cattle and another type of illicit by 80 percent,” he told journalists.
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Called to the main opposition political forces, the Force of the people and the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), “To join us in these decisions, which are nation decisions, they are not decisions of a political party.”
Already last October, Abinader ordered the beginning of the mass deportations of migrants in an irregular situation, some 10,000 per weekwhich affects Haitians in its entirety.
According to official data, since this measure was taken 180,000 Haitians in an irregular situation have been deported to Haitidespite the calls of international organizations and organizations so that returns are not carried out to a country where in 2024 more than 5,600 people died Because of violence.
