Dominican Republic enhances security on the border with crisis scrub haiti | News

The Caribbean island nation moving to expand the boundary wall and expel migrants as violence and anarchy cultivating the neighbor.

The Dominican Republic announced a series of measures to strengthen border safety and tighten the migration control in response to escalating instability in neighboring Haiti.

President Luis Aninader said on Sunday that security would increase, despite calls for his country to facilitate strict politics because Haitians seek refuge from violence.

“We will do supervision of borders with 1,500 additional troops, at the top of 9,500 already arranged,” Dominican leader, re-elected in the promises to see immigration, said in speech.

Aninader added that he approved the construction of a new part of the wall separating two countries – shared by the second largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba.

The border between the two countries extends more than 300 km (186 miles). About 54km (33 miles) of the border wall is over.

The President said that his latest order will “accelerate the construction of the border wall” to add an additional 13 km (8 miles).

Legal reforms are also on the agenda, according to Annader, with the aim of using solid penalties to deter those who facilitate the entry and stay of immigrants in the country.

Abuse

Increased border measures come as Dominican Republic of Eye deepening the crisis in Haiti.

Haos took over in the country last year Violence flames Dramatically, leaving the Alliance of Gangs in the control of the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.

Despite the efforts of the Kennian Peace force, which counts around 1,000, the transitional government in Haiti was unable or unwilling to reduce violence, which in the last month or similarly saw reducing violence, which in the last month or similarly diminished the origin.

The United Nations report on More than 5,600 people were killed 2024. And that over a million people are displacedMany seek refuge in the neighboring Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic responded with strict deportation policies, aimed Returns up to 10,000 Haitic a week In recent months.

This has led to a report on human rights abuse, with advocates who invite countries across America, especially the United States and the Dominican Republic, to stop deportations due to difficult conditions waiting for people in Haiti.

Aninader, who won the second term of election 2024. year that Haiti issues were difficult to emphasize the need for firmer border and immigration control, while inviting international assistance.