NewsWhore
06-23-2010, 02:40 PM
The Department of Migration says that work is in progress for preparing the Centro Vacacional de Haina to house hundreds of Haitian children who are begging on city corners in Santo Domingo and Santiago. Some RD$3 million is being spent on equipping the facility to house the Haitian children. The staff will include pediatricians, psychologists, psychiatrists and other childcare specialists, as well as recreational facilities. As reported in Listin Diario, the children who do not have relatives in the DR will be sent to Haiti with the support of Unicef. The Department of Migration is preparing the vacant facility at Km. 18 of the Autopista Sanchez to serve as a temporary home for the children.
Migration director Sigrido Pared Perez said that the project seeks to provide temporary housing for the large number of Haitian children begging on the streets. He said the numbers of these children had increased after the 12 January earthquake.
He said, nevertheless, that the maximum stay at the homes would be one week. If after this time their parents do not collect them, they will be taken to National Council for Children and Teenagers (Conani) facilities.
Pared Perez said that an investigation would be carried out to establish whether these children truly do not have family in the DR, and in that case Migration would contact the Haitian authorities for their return to Haiti.
He said that if they determine that the children's parents had sent them to beg on the streets, the parents and others involved would be taken to court for trafficking in persons.
Pared Perez advised people not to give money to Haitian child beggars to deter the businessmen behind the practice. "Sometimes, for having a noble heart and wanting to show solidarity, a Dominican is indirectly stimulating the business," he said.
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Migration director Sigrido Pared Perez said that the project seeks to provide temporary housing for the large number of Haitian children begging on the streets. He said the numbers of these children had increased after the 12 January earthquake.
He said, nevertheless, that the maximum stay at the homes would be one week. If after this time their parents do not collect them, they will be taken to National Council for Children and Teenagers (Conani) facilities.
Pared Perez said that an investigation would be carried out to establish whether these children truly do not have family in the DR, and in that case Migration would contact the Haitian authorities for their return to Haiti.
He said that if they determine that the children's parents had sent them to beg on the streets, the parents and others involved would be taken to court for trafficking in persons.
Pared Perez advised people not to give money to Haitian child beggars to deter the businessmen behind the practice. "Sometimes, for having a noble heart and wanting to show solidarity, a Dominican is indirectly stimulating the business," he said.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)