SANTO DOMINGO – As part of its ongoing efforts to control the presence of undocumented foreigners in the country, with the goal of safeguarding peace, stability, and peaceful coexistence, the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) yesterday detained 877 Haitian nationals, and another 787 were repatriated to their country of origin.
The interdiction operations were deployed in Greater Santo Domingo, where 164 people were apprehended; Santiago (126), La Vega (51), Mao/Santiago Rodríguez (49), East Zone (114), Azua (10), Barahona (45), Puerto Plata (13) and Montecristi (13).
In these operations to locate and repatriate illegal aliens, in coordination with the DGM (General Directorate of General Investigation), Dominican Army personnel, the 74th Specialized Border Security Corps, and the National Police arrested another 210 individuals. The Navy, Air Force, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Ciutran (National Police), Digesett (Digest of the Dominican Republic), and other state security agencies also collaborated in the operations.
The arrests are carried out under a strict protocol that guarantees the prerogatives and dignity, as well as the respect and safety of individuals, particularly women, the elderly, and minors, who are also assisted by CONANI and are only repatriated if accompanied by adult relatives.
The deportees were: 634, handed over at the Elías Piña border crossing; 136 at Dajabón; and 15 at Pedernales. They were handed over directly to their country’s immigration authorities.
All DGM procedures comply with the current legal framework and international regulations and are carried out in compliance with the mandate of the National Security and Defense Council, authorized by President Luis Abinader, to maintain firm and constant interdictions of undocumented foreigners throughout the national territory.
Communications Directorate