The DGM deports 14,874 illegal Haitians in an interdiction offensive during April
The largest number of arrests were in areas of Friusa
SANTO DOMINGO. The General Directorate of Migration (DGM), as part of its offensive to impose immigration control in the country, deported 14,874 illegal Haitians in the first 12 days of this month.
The number of repatriated individuals is a result of the increase in operations by the interdiction brigades following the incorporation of the first 160 rapid-action agents trained by the DGM and the support of the Armed Forces, as well as other security agencies.
This initiative also corresponds to the expansion of the DGM's operational capacity, ordered by President Luis Abinader to address the risks that illegal immigration poses to the security, stability, and well-being of the Dominican people.
Acting firmly and respecting human rights and human dignity, DGM agents carried out 176 operations during the aforementioned period and arrested 9,393 illegal Haitians. The remaining 5,481 deportees were apprehended by other security agencies working in coordination with the DGM.
According to the actions of the DGM brigades, Higüey (Friusa, Mata Mosquito, Villa Playwood, Kosovo and Haiti Chiquito) is the area where the most illegal immigrants were detained (2,327). It is followed by Santo Domingo (1,968), Santiago (1,232), La Vega (770), Dajabón (634), Elías Piña (583), Independencia (511), Puerto Plata (397), Barahona (386), Pedernales (319) and Azua (266).
The total number of deportees was 998 on Tuesday, April 1; 1,369 on the 2nd; 1,207 on the 3rd; 1,327 on the 4th; 1,132 on the 5th; 911 on the 6th; 1,409 on the 7th; 1,524 on the 8th; 1,299 on the 9th; 1,278 on the 10th; 1,383 on the 11th; and 1,037 the following day.
The areas where the largest numbers of illegal aliens have been repatriated are Dajabón (3,435), Elías Piña (3,255), Jimaní (1,041), and Pedernales (907), for a total of 8,638 people. The remaining 6,236 came from the immigration detention centers in Haina (5,194) and Santiago (1,042). All those affected were handed over to their country's immigration authorities after having been previously processed and cleared according to established procedures.
The DGM expressed that it will maintain the intensity of its immigration policy, in compliance with the regulations governing the matter to safeguard public order, citizen security, and national sovereignty.
Communications Directorate