The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) arrested 1,100 haitians from 5:00 in the morning until 12:00 noon this Friday in the National District, Santo Domingo, Santiago and La Altagracia, within the framework of the mass deportation plan, which seeks to repatriate 10,000 haitians per week.
After the arrests, Migration opens a process interdiction and purification, since some have regulation processes in the initiation or evaluation phase.
The general director of MigrationVice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester (ARD), reiterated through a statement that “everything is done with respect for rights, with prudence and with proportional use of force as proposed by the President of the Republic, Luis Abinader, in the Council of Defense and National Security”.
He assured that they are being carried out settings on a large scale, strategy and intelligence, as well as logisticscapacities, arrest protocol and vehicles.
He operational They do it in collaboration with the Armed forcesthe National Army, the Air Force of the Dominican Republic, the Quiet City Task Force (CIUTRAN), the National Police and the Public Ministry.
Ballester declared that the actions will be effective and will be carried out in accordance with what is established by the general law of Migration 285 – 04, the application decree 631 – 11 and with respect to human rights.
The protocol establishes that once the migrants are taken to the centers of interdiction will be purged, then those who do not have an open immigration process in the DGM, will be deported to his country.
Plan migration
All of this is part of a comprehensive plan. control immigration system that has seven measures, which seek to address the problem of migration irregular of haitians in the country.
The National Security and Defense Council and the spokesperson for the Presidency, Homero Figueroa, explained that the operational of repatriations “It will be carried out under strict protocols that ensure respect for the human rights and dignity of the repatriates.”
Despite international support and the presence of the Multinational Mission to Support the Haitian Police for Pacification led by Kenya, the process is moving slowly. “Faced with this reality, we are forced to act decisively and responsibly to guarantee the security and stability of our country.”
In addition to deportations, the strengthening of immigration systems is planned. surveillance and control border crossing, the dismantling of human trafficking networks, the increase in the use of surveillance and the renewal of the centers control frontier.
