The Dominican Republic deported more than 276,000 people in 2024, the country\u2019s Immigration Directorate said Wednesday. <\/p>\n
In the last three months of the year alone, over 94,000 foreigners with irregular status were deported under a new operation aiming to remove up to 10,000 undocumented Haitians per week, ordered by the Dominican Republic\u2019s National Security and Defense Council headed by President Luis Abinader. <\/p>\n
Dominican authorities also deported 48,344 during the January-March quarter, 62,446 between April-June, and 71,414 from July to September, according to the statement. <\/p>\n
Government spokesman Homero Figueroa told reporters in October that the government ramped up deportations to address an \u201cexcess\u201d of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, which shares an island with Haiti. The two countries have long seen an informal flow of people across their shared border. <\/p>\n
Haiti\u2019s then-Foreign Minister Dominique Dupuy condemned \u201cbrutal scenes of raids and deportations,\u201d and demanded justice for \u201cdehumanizing acts\u201d against her compatriots. Dominican authorities maintain that the deportations are carried out in compliance with human rights. <\/p>\n
In October, Reuters footage captured dozens of migrants crammed into caged Dominican Republic law enforcement trucks heading to Haiti. Aid organizations have rushed assistance to the Haitian side of the border to assist the thousands of deportees. <\/p>\n
The mass deportations come amid a worsening political and social crisis in Haiti; gangs are estimated to control more than 80% of the country\u2019s capital, Port-au-Prince. <\/p>\n
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