Since our last update in December 2022, the Dominican Republic has continued to step up its policy of mass deportations of Haitians, violating the rights and dignity of non-nationals despite numerous calls for authorities to moderate their actions. To facilitate these deportations, the General Directorate of Immigration has announced plans to establish a new immigration […]
Haiti
Haiti: Covid-19 and Detention
Haiti reported its first two positive COVID-19 cases on 20 March 2020. As a response, the government implemented policies such as the closing of airports, ports, schools, and factories, limits on gatherings, and a curfew. The shared border with the Dominican Republic (DR) was also officially closed, yet border crossings persisted in practice and were […]
Haiti Immigration Detention Data Profile (2019)
Haiti Detention Data (2019) The latest detention-related data from Haiti, including immigration and detention-related statistics, domestic laws and policies, international law, and institutional indicators. View the Haiti Detention Data Profile Related Reading: Haiti: Country Page Haiti: Relevant International Law U.S Immigration Policies: The Double Standard […]
U.S. Immigration Policies: The Double Standard
This op-ed for the Chicago Trbiune assesses the U.S. detention policy enshrining a double standard between treatment of Haitians that was quietly issued in 2001 by the Bush administration in the hopes of deterring a wave of migrants and asylum seekers fleeing the rapidly deteriorating political and economic conditions in Haiti. Haitians making it to U.S. territory would […]
