We, the undersigned civil society organizations and academic institutions and networks working on migration, displacement, and human rights in the Americas strongly condemn the Dominican Republic’s plans to deport an estimated 10,

The Dominican Republic has deported more than 10,000 Haitians in the last week. It’s the first of many planned weekly deportations, with a stated goal of removing all of the half million undocumented Haitians who live in the country.

The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so weekly as neighbouring Haiti scrambles to handle the influx while besieged by gang violence and poverty.

República Dominicana ha deportado a casi 11.000 haitianos en la última semana mientras el vecino país lucha por manejar esa afluencia en medio del asedio de la pobreza y la violencia de las pandillas.

The Dominican Republic is carrying out “a discriminatory campaign” against Haitians based on their nationality and the color of their skin, Haiti’s acting representative to the Organization of American States charged Tuesday.