A child stands amid people who were detained for deportation to Haiti inside a police truck on a border bridge that connects Dajabon, Dominican Republic with Haiti, Monday, March 18, 2024. A vendor pushes crates of chickens past a police truck of people detained for deportation on the border bridge that connects Dajabon, Dominican Republic with Haiti, Monday, March 18, 2024.
Charpentier said his organization has received complaints about Dominican authorities allegedly bursting into homes to arrest people believed to be Haitians, breaking belongings and extorting them at times. Roberto Álvarez, the Dominican Republic’s foreign minister, told reporters that the deportations are a result of a national security policy and that there is no choice but to continue them.Looting is on the rise in Haiti. Among the victims: UNICEF and Guatemala’s consul
More than 23,900 people have been deported so far this year, according to the Dominican government. More than 4,500 have been deported this month.The attacks have left homeless about 17,000 people who have fled their neighborhoods, according to the U.N.