The director general of migration, Enrique García Vargas, said yesterday that so far this year at least 200,000 undocumented Haitians have been repatriated to their country, after being arrested by members of the army and the body specializing in land border security (Cesfront ), in coordination with inspectors from that agency.
“Migration, supported by the armed forces, we managed to return over 200 thousand foreigners. Through the instructions of the Minister of Defense, preventive measures are maintained at the border, together with Cesfront and the army “, he commented.
The director of migration, together with Chief Cesfront, General José Manuel Durán Infante and other military commanders, toured the northern border of Dajabón and south of Jimaní, Pedernales and in turn inspected the work of soldiers stationed in the area.
Haitian arrests
Many Haitians were arrested when they tried to cross the border illegally, but others were located in cities such as Santiago, Mao, Puerto Plata, La Vega, Monsignor Nouel, Los Alcarrizos, Santo Domingo Norte, Este, Distrito Nacional and other Dominican cities. .
In this regard, the director of Cesfront, General Durán Infante, stated that, on the instructions of the Minister of Defense, Lieutenant General Carlos Luciano Díaz Morfa; The head of the army, Major General Julio Ernesto Florián Pérez, following orders from President Luis Abinader, has increasingly strengthened military security at the border.
pilgrimage
From the capital Port-au-Prince and the cities of Gonaive, Trou Du Nord, Millot, Delma, Lemnade, Cap Haitien and other Haitian communities, hundreds of Haitians make pilgrimages every day on foot to various points on the border with the Dominican Republic. said representatives of human rights organizations in the neighboring country.
George Bonnet, director of Civil Protection in northeastern Haiti, told local journalists that what was happening in his country was serious.
Bonnet revealed that kidnappings for ransom and payment of debts are common in Haiti.
“In Haiti, there is no security for anyone and nothing, for whatever reason, kidnaps you and that encourages many of my compatriots to take refuge in the Dominican territory,” the Haitian activist denounced.
Likewise, the activist acknowledged that years ago, it was easier for Haitians to enter the Dominican Republic, “because now there are many guards patrolling the border.”
Many Haitians arrested by the army in the Dominican Republic and Cesfront for repatriation purposes carry packages carrying clothes, water, bread, sweets, vitamins, even sheets, because due to extensive surveillance and strict controls set in military posts, they prefer to go through the mountains to Santiago and other destinations, a Dominican military source told Listín Diario.
However, he explained that the journey through the mountains is frustrated, because the army also combs these places and that he frequently arrests undocumented Haitians who try to reach their destinations using forested areas.
Chaos and violence
In recent months, there have been outbreaks of violent political protests in its streets in Haiti, and chaos has taken hold in America’s most rotten country, while the opposition has demanded that President Jovenel Moise resign.
But the president said he would remain in power until February 7, 2022, and that opponents had planned a coup, despite the fact that the opposition believed his term was over.
Moses also said he would maintain the election schedule he had planned for this year.
IN POINTS
Elections this year.
Haitian President Jovenel Moise believes that his term ends on February 7, 2022 and that the Haitian people will have the right this year to free and inclusive elections to decide their successor.
Acting President.
The opposition even named Judge Joseph Mécènes Jean Louis as interim president to lead the “transition”, while the United Nations warned of the gravity of the situation.