UN to look at racism in the DR

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Two special United Nations envoys will look at racism in the Dominican Republic over the next week, invited by local authorities. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights announced the visit in a press release from Geneva. One of the officials, Doudou Diene, is a special reporter in the fight against racism, xenophobia and intolerance. The other officer, Gay McDougall, specializes in minority questions. The team will try to obtain first-hand information on issues of racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance during visits to Dajabon, Santiago and San Pedro de Macoris. They will also interview legislative and judicial figures as well as NGO leaders. Last March, Amnesty International denounced what they described as "deep-rooted racial discrimination" in the Dominican Republic, specifically against people of Haitian descent and called on local authorities to stop mass repatriations. Close to one million Haitians, most of them illegal migrants, live in the Dominican Republic.

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