Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Haitians Scramble for Legal Residency in Dominican Republic

(Version anglaise seulement)

Haitians and other non-citizens stood in long lines across the Dominican Republic on Monday in last-minute bids to secure legal residency, hurrying to beat a looming paperwork deadline along with the threat of possible quick deportation. Lines snaked outside Interior Ministry offices as foreign residents, who are overwhelmingly from neighboring Haiti, sought to submit papers before a 7 p.m. Tuesday deadline. Many said they have had to spend all day and return multiple times after...

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