SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic said Tuesday it has deported or repatriated nearly 11,000 Haitians in the past week, fulfilling a pledge to do so
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Dominican Republic will deport up to 10,000 Haitians a week, citing an ‘excess’ of immigrants
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive deportations of Haitians living illegally in the country, expelling up to
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Haiti says it supports a UN peacekeeping mission to fight the country’s violent gangs
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still
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Blinken visits Dominican Republic as talks with president focus on economy and Haiti’s crisis
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The U.S. secretary of state and the leader of the Dominican Republic held private talks Friday on a range of issues,
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Dominican authorities launch probe after an immigration officer is accused of raping a 14-year-old
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Thursday they have launched an investigation after an immigration officer was accused of raping a
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UN debunks rumors of Haitian refugee tent cities in the Dominican Republic
NEW YORK — The United Nations clarified today that it has no plans to set up tent cities in the Dominican Republic for refugees from
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Six nuns and two other people kidnapped in Haiti have been released, archbishop says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week along with two other people have been released, the archbishop of Port-au-Prince told The Associated Press this
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Dominican Republic’s president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday defended his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in their
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Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise in a dispute over a canal
DAJABON (AP) — The Dominican Republic shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti on Friday in a dispute about construction of a canal
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Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Haiti’s government announced that it met Wednesday with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a recent threat by
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