The collapse of public hospitals and private health centers, many of which are of insignificant category in Haiti, prompts many pregnant Haitians to illegally cross the Dajabón border into Dominican territory to give birth in this country.
The transmission of pregnant women, children and adolescents is of concern to Dominican authorities and other industries.
Pregnant Haitians who were arrested along with fellow countrymen on Tuesday morning by members of the Specialized Corps for Land Border Security (Cesfront) as they clandestinely crossed the border through the La Vigía community in Dajabón said their intention was to give birth with motherhood. hospitals in Santiago, Mao, Montecristi and the Dominican capital.
Midwives are in fashion
When the foreigners were detained, they begged the soldiers to give them the opportunity to give birth in Dominican hospitals, claiming that they often have to call on midwives in their country, as hospitals are a disaster.
They also stated that they have to pay large sums of money that they cannot afford, while in the Dominican Republic, births are free and they do not risk dying with their babies.
Rensa Cenfita Pierre told local journalists while being sent back to the neighboring country along with other compatriots that she decided to enter Dominican territory illegally to give birth at Doña René Klang de Guzmán maternity hospital in Santiago.
She emphasized that two of her sisters gave birth in Santiago and Dajabón, as in Haiti they often have to be assisted by midwives, especially in cities and rural areas of their country, as they are not treated in hospitals and when they are admitted They charge them amounts of money that are not within their reach.
“That’s why I decided to enter the Dominican Republic, but the guards arrested me along with other Haitians,” he complained. Other incarcerated and repatriated pregnant women said they will look for a way to get a Dominican visa to legally enter the country to give birth, as they don’t want to take risks in their country and even less need to rely on midwives .
Migration from Haiti
Luis Lois, responsible for migration in Juana Méndez, Haiti, reported that they are working with the Dominican authorities and that they are advising their countrymen to enter Dominican territory in a legal state.
Things are bad
Haitian trade unionist Sandy Honorex stated that if many pregnant women from his country, as well as children and other of his fellow countrymen, try to enter Dominican territory in search of medical assistance, work, humanitarian livelihoods, this is a sign that Haiti is concerned. good bad.
George Baptiste, vice president of the Federation of Transporters of the Northeast of Haiti, said crime, insecurity, kidnappings to ask for ransom in Haiti are a concern for the population. Added to this is the lack of jobs, the high prices of commodities, an increase in cases and deaths among people from Covid-19 and which the Haitian authorities are supposedly hiding.
In points
Supervision. Meanwhile, senior military commanders reinforced surveillance at the border, amid protests being recorded in Haiti demanding the resignation of its President Jovenel Moise against kidnappings, high prices of commodities, unemployment, insecurity and other evils. Yesterday, however, the situation in the Dajabón border area remained calm and healthy
They will carry on. The General Director of the Specialized Border Security Corps (Cesfront), General José Manuel Infante, reported that on behalf of the senior military commanders, these operations at the border will be intensified to combat the trafficking of undocumented migrants and other illegal acts. While yesterday, Friday, super Tucanos planes flew over the Dominican-Haitian border in light of the prevailing situation in the neighboring country.