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06-15-2009, 03:10 PM
Speaking at a meeting on Migration Policy and Experiences in Regularization Processes at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso said that amnesty processes do not resolve the problem of illegal immigration. He stated that they do not address the fact that the situation that needs to be resolved then repeats itself over and over, as reported in Listin Diario. His comments came at a time when the regularization of the status of hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants is being considered.
Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda has proposed the issuing of legal residency to illegal undocumented immigrants who can prove they have resided in the country for more than 10 years.
Morales said that this proposal was "unheard of" because it would grant facilities to immigrants from Haiti who arrived from a failed state to benefit from Dominican public services. "Migration status regularizations send a message to potential illegal migrants that they too can bet on it, with time and after an extended stay, they also will beat the law," warned the foreign affairs minister.
During the conference, Almeyda said that the DR does not have the mechanisms to estimate the number of Haitians residing in the country let alone to quantify the foreigners who enter as tourists and then stay. Almeyda has proposed the biometrical registration of all people entering the country.
During the event, Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) said that 61,115 foreign nationals have legal residency in the DR. Castanos told journalists that he is against naturalizing undocumented foreigners.
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Interior & Police Minister Franklin Almeyda has proposed the issuing of legal residency to illegal undocumented immigrants who can prove they have resided in the country for more than 10 years.
Morales said that this proposal was "unheard of" because it would grant facilities to immigrants from Haiti who arrived from a failed state to benefit from Dominican public services. "Migration status regularizations send a message to potential illegal migrants that they too can bet on it, with time and after an extended stay, they also will beat the law," warned the foreign affairs minister.
During the conference, Almeyda said that the DR does not have the mechanisms to estimate the number of Haitians residing in the country let alone to quantify the foreigners who enter as tourists and then stay. Almeyda has proposed the biometrical registration of all people entering the country.
During the event, Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman, president of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) said that 61,115 foreign nationals have legal residency in the DR. Castanos told journalists that he is against naturalizing undocumented foreigners.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)