He Dominican agricultural sector This Thursday he asked the President of the Republic, Luis Abinaderthe issuance “as soon as possible” of temporary work permits for foreign citizens who work in the field.
The first vice president of the Dominican Association of Landowners and Farmers (ADHA), Eduardo Vasquezexplained that that documentation would allow to the foreign labor have guaranteed your fundamental rights to free movement, health and social security.
Vásquez clarified that the sector does not raise a regularization plan for foreign braceros.
“As in countries more developed than ours, the trend is an increase in migration from the countryside to the cities. Therefore, every day it is more difficult to find people willing and able to do the essential field work. In our country this phenomenon has been observed for more than 30 years,” he noted.
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During the thirty-fourth installment (XXXIV) of the Medal of Honor for Meritthe executive regretted that at national producers have been told, without foundation, to prefer foreign labor to pay lower wages or avoid the cost of social security.
“We wish to clarify that this statement is incorrect. Salaries in the agricultural sector are paid in accordance with the resolutions of the National Salary Committeewithout distinction of nationality or immigration status. It is also not true that seeks to avoid social securitywhen we are the ones who have been asking the authorities for the possibility of registering the foreign workers“, he expressed.
The current government administration executes a immigration policy of deportations which, only in the January-April quarter of this year, generated the expulsion from the Dominican territory of 119,003 undocumented Haitiansaccording to data from the General Directorate of Migration.
The ADHA proposed the head of state to hold a meeting after the event to discuss possible mechanisms and solutions that guarantee the sustainability and prosperity from the Dominican countryside.
