Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic applauded on Monday that from the United Nations they have recently been “More active” in terms of the crisis that shakes Haiti And he recalled that since 2021 he has given the alert that the border country can reach a “Somization.”
“We praise and we really see the United Nations are attentive, They have been more active as to what Haiti is going through ”, He referred to the Dominican President, Luis Abinader, in his usual press conference on Monday at the National Palace.
The ruler noted, however, that his government warned “A long time ago” about The “worst situation in its history” that Haiti is going through at that time.
This Monday, the special representative for Haiti of the United Nations, the Ecuadorian María Isabel Salvador, acknowledged that there is the “fear” that the Trump administration increases the deportations of Haitians to their country of origin and stressed that the “Base consideration must be respect for human rights.”
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“There is fear that these return measures (by the US) to Haiti increase and these people They live again in very precarious and very insecure conditions ”, Salvador said in an interview with EFE from the UN headquarters in New York.
Also this Monday, Dominican Chancellor Roberto Álvarez, said before the UN General Council that His country calls to act forcefully before the crisis in Haiti To avoid “An international conflict” And he considered that “this is the decisive time for coordinated action and the shared responsibility ».
The minister expressed the firm support of the Dominican Republic to the double track strategy proposed by the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, who contemplates a hybrid mission, a multinational mission supported by a United Nations support office, financed with funds of permanent contributions for the maintenance of peace.
Abinader also said that during a meeting between the Caribbean community (Caricom) and the Dominican Republic in 2023, which headed the then vice president of the United States Kamala Harris, It was agreed to create a commission to face the entry of weapons to Haiti from the United States, particularly from Florida.
“The United States government is aware of that (entry from arms to Haiti), I think it has to Take measures in that sense “said the Caribbean head of state, to remake that the new US government “maybe” Being that theme.
Abinader said to expect that The United States declares armed bands as terrorist organizations that sow terror in Haiti, as his government did weeks ago.
In his meeting with the media he referred to the Recent measures that his government has adopted to face irregular immigration and guarantee national sovereignty before the painting facing the borderline nation.
Dominican Republic began this Monday at Demand identification documents to Haitians They seek attention in hospitals, with a good presence of pregnant or newly child migrants, some of which They were driven this day to migration vehicles to be returned to your country.
In this regard, the Dominican Director of Migration, General Lee Ballester, said at the press conference that it will be from tomorrow when he will know The number of people who have been arrested in hospitals public for deportation purposes.
In that same tenor, the director of the National Health Insurance, Mario Lama, said that undocumented patients attending a public hospital will be treated “as always” and that after they are suitable for repatriation, we will proceed with that process.
