Haiti foreign minister blasts Dominican Republic's mass deportation plan

8/10/2024 6:39

        Haiti's foreign minister on Monday blasted a policy announced last week by the neighboring Dominican Republic to deport tens of thousands of migrants back into Haiti, where gang violence is fueling a devastating humanitarian crisis.
        
        "The brutal scenes of roundups and deportations that we are witnessing are an affront to human dignity," foreign minister Dominique Dupuy said on X. "We strongly condemn these dehumanizing acts and demand respect and justice."
        
        The Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, last week said it would deport up to 10,000 migrants per week who were in the country illegally, a significant increase from the previous rate.
        
        It did not specify Haitians but nationals from its neighbor make up the vast majority of those it deports.