* Browns in the Dominican Republic would be warned that migration agents would mistake them for Haitians in the Caribbean country.
The US Embassy in the Dominican Republic reportedly sent an alert to everyone urging them to have their US passports on board at all times and their mobile phones charged.
The embassy says county officials have carried out “widespread operations” to detain illegal immigrants, namely those from Haiti.
“These moves can lead to greater interaction with Dominican authorities, especially for darker-skinned U. S. citizens and U. S. citizens of African descent. There are reports that detainees are held in overcrowded detention centers, with no opportunity to challenge their detention and without access to food or toilets, for days at a time, before being released or deported to Haiti,” said the alert, reported via MSN.
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In a statement to The Associated Press, the Dominican Foreign Ministry denied media reports of the mistreatment of immigrants.
“The Dominican government may never have imagined that there would be such a harsh insinuation about our country, let alone a best friend who has been accused of remedying xenophobic and racist migrants by adding parts of its own population,” he said. Said.
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share a 240-mile border, and ongoing tensions remain significant between them after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in 2021.
We previously reported that Moses murdered after an organization of other people attacked his own residence. First lady Martine Moïse was hospitalized following the attack on the 53-year-old leader.
Acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph condemned what he called a “hateful, inhuman and barbaric act. “
Moïse had ruled Haiti by decree for more than two years after the country failed to hold elections, resulting in the dissolution of parliament. He took office in early 2017, following a chaotic election that forced the appointment of an interim president to serve for a year.
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