DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – What does the Dominican Republic’s crackdown on Haitian mi-grants and refugees reveal about the complex relationship between two neighbouring na-tions?
Since October 2024, the Dominican Republic has deported nearly 150,000 people it claims are of Haitian descent. Among them are unaccompanied minors and individuals born in the Dominican Republic who lost their citizenship following a controversial 2013 court ruling.While Dominican authorities maintain they are simply enforcing immigration laws, a recent Al Jazeera documentary suggests that the policy reflects a deeper, long-standing history of anti-Black and anti-Haitian sentiment on the island of Hispaniola, which both nations share. (Aljazeera)
