Vilaire, a young Haitian who works in Punta Cana, said that he was stopped by a vehicle migration because he did not carry his documentsdespite legally residing in the country.
When leaving the Holiday Reception Center Haina, denounced Free Diary that the treatment received was inhuman and that he went three days without eating. He assured that, although he has been released, he fears that he could be arrested again at any time, even with his documentation in order.
“The situation for Haitians here is very difficult. They have no right to treat us however they want; for me, that was not humane,” the man said.
During a tour of the Vacationin the context of the operation proposed by the government to repatriate 10,000 Haitians per week, the case of Kelvin de Leona young resident of Azua, son of a Dominican father and Haitian mother, who was arrested a few days ago by agents of Migration.
According to your lawyer Damián De León, the young They have a problem with their identity documentwhich is being resolved by the corresponding instance. However, during an operation carried out five days ago, he was detained.
He lawyer pointed out that the detention was carried out in accordance with the lawsince at that time the young he did not carry his documents. However, he stressed that Kelvin is Dominican and requested his release. The defender was outside the reception center, waiting for a response about De León’s case.
Preliminary data
According to preliminary data provided by the General Directorate of MigrationOn Thursday alone, 1,242 were detained foreigners without documentswhile on Friday the figure was 1,182. By Saturday afternoon, only 500 detainees were registered.
In a release recently, the general director of MigrationVice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, assured that these days are carried out respecting the rights of the foreigners. In addition, he stated that the agents act with prudence and use force proportionally, as Luis Abinader proposed in the National Defense and Security Council.
