NewsWhore
03-30-2012, 04:30 PM
Thanks to a program established in March 2010 by the International Migration Organization (IOM) working together with the Dominican Migration authorities, a total of 2,272 Haitians have returned to their country from the Dominican Republic. Since the beginning of the project, 2,808 people who wanted to return to Haiti have been registered, and 2,272 of them have returned to the border at Dajabon in buses arranged by the IOM.
The latest two trips allowing voluntary repatriation were of 297 and 199 Haitians living in Santiago and Puerto Plata. The IOM and the Department of Migration cover all of the costs of these trips, including financial assistance to help the returnees set up small businesses when they return,
El Nuevo Diario reports that the program was set up after the earthquake that is thought to have brought an additional 200,000 Haitians to shortly after migrate to the Dominican Republic, many of whom wish to return as they have been unable to establish a satisfactory life here. Of that figure, 50,000 are in the Santiago area.
It is estimated that two million Haitians are living in the DR, with an estimated one million living illegally, according to recent statements of the Department of Migration.
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The latest two trips allowing voluntary repatriation were of 297 and 199 Haitians living in Santiago and Puerto Plata. The IOM and the Department of Migration cover all of the costs of these trips, including financial assistance to help the returnees set up small businesses when they return,
El Nuevo Diario reports that the program was set up after the earthquake that is thought to have brought an additional 200,000 Haitians to shortly after migrate to the Dominican Republic, many of whom wish to return as they have been unable to establish a satisfactory life here. Of that figure, 50,000 are in the Santiago area.
It is estimated that two million Haitians are living in the DR, with an estimated one million living illegally, according to recent statements of the Department of Migration.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)