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08-31-2007, 02:30 PM
Dominican-Haitian Women's Movement (MUDHA) coordinator Sonia Pierre doesn't agree with recent statements by Haitian Ambassador to the DR Fritz Cineas, who told Hoy newspaper that children born to non-resident Haitian parents in the DR are Haitians, not Dominicans. She says that the Haitian Constitution doesn't have jurisdiction in the DR and that the Haitian constitution doesn't allow for dual citizenship. Pierre suggested that Cineas should raise his voice in defense of Haitians in the DR if, as he said, they are as Haitian as he is.
The Dominican Supreme Court has ruled that Dominican nationality will not be granted automatically to children born in the DR to foreign parents if these are not legal residents.
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The Dominican Supreme Court has ruled that Dominican nationality will not be granted automatically to children born in the DR to foreign parents if these are not legal residents.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)