Haiti: Govt. condemns discriminatory deportations by the Dominican Republic
The government of Haiti denounces the discriminatory deportations carried out by the Dominican Republic and requests a halt to such deportations. During a meeting with representatives of international human rights organizations, the Haitian foreign minister, Dominique Dupuy, condemned the discriminatory behavior of the Dominican government.
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00:00The government of Haiti denounces the discriminatory deportations carried out by the Dominican
00:05Republic and requests a halt to such deportations.
00:08During a meeting with representatives of international human rights organizations, the Haitian Foreign
00:13Minister Dominique Dubuis condemned the discriminatory behavior of the Dominican government.
00:19Dubuis described the deportations of Haitians as abusive, so the representatives of the
00:24Observatory of Human Rights, Ida Sawyer, asked Santo Domingo to stop the deportations
00:29until Haiti reaches stability.
00:31Meanwhile, the Haitian Presidential Transition Council described the Dominican Republic's
00:36deportations campaign as brutal and racist, following the official report that estimates
00:43that at least 11,177 Haitian citizens have been repatriated in the first week of the
00:50operation.