[PDF] Illegal People Haitians And Dominico Haitians In Dominican Republic eBook

Author : Mary Jane Camejo
Publisher : Human Rights Watch
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Alien labor, Haitian
ISBN :

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The Introduction to this report focuses on the expulsion of Haitians and Dominico-Haitians from the Dominican Republic between the months of June and September 1991, coercive labour practices on sugarcane plantations, progress since the 1991 harvest, and the stance of the United States. The first section of the report deals with forced 'repatriations', including the Presidential Decree 233-91 which promised reforms in the treatment of sugarcane workers, the arbitrariness of expulsions, the failure to recognize Dominican citizenship, and the widespread abuses during roundups of Haitians. Individual case studies are presented of the abuses as well as information on detention centres and testimony of deportees. The report then examines forced recruitment at the border and in Haiti. Individual case studies are again used. A separate section of the report concerns forced labour. The report argues that the practices of restriction of freedom of movement, confiscation of personal belongings and detention and physical mistreatment combined to form a system of coercion that continued to underlie the state sugar industry in 1992. The report states that the Dominican Government continues to reject and to try to discredit international criticism of its human rights practices. The report defends many of the criticisms put forward by the Dominican Government against Americas Watch and the National Coalition for Haitian Refugees. The final section of the report deals with US policy and the decision of the Administration to maintain trade benefits to the Dominican Republic. The attitude of the US State Department and the US Congress towards the Dominican labour practices are also evoked. The report concludes with various recommendations for the Dominican Government.

Author : Trenita Brookshire Childers
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 16,98 MB
Release : 2020-08-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1538131021

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In this groundbreaking work, Trenita Childers explores the enduring system of racial profiling in the Dominican Republic, where Dominicans of Haitian descent are denied full citizenship in the only country they have ever known. As birthright citizens, they now wonder why they are treated like they are “in someone else’s country.” Childers describes how nations like the Dominican Republic create “stateless” second-class citizens through targeted documentation policies. She also carefully discusses the critical gaps between policy and practice while excavating the complex connections between racism and labor systems. Her vivid ethnography profiles dozens of Haitian immigrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent and connects their compelling individual experiences with broader global and contemporary discussions about race, immigration, citizenship, and statelessness while highlighting examples of collective resistance.

Author : Megan Jeanette Myers
Publisher : Amherst College Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 18,26 MB
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1943208271

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Border of Lights, a volunteer collective, returns each October to Dominican-Haitian border towns to bear witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre ordered by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. This crime against humanity has never been acknowledged by the Dominican government and no memorial exists for its victims. A multimodal, multi-vocal space for activists, artists, scholars, and others connected to the BOL movement, The Border of Lights Reader provides an alternative to the dominant narrative that positions Dominicans and Haitians as eternal adversaries and ignores cross-border and collaborative histories. This innovative anthology asks large-scale, universal questions regarding historical memory and revisionism that countries around the world grapple with today. "By bringing together in one volume poetry, visual arts, literary analysis, in-depth interviews and historical analysis this volume will provide its readers with a comprehensive view of the causes and the aftermath of the massacre." —Ramón Antonio Victoriano-Martínez, University of British Columbia Contributions by Julia Alvarez, Amanda Alcántara, DeAndra Beard, Nancy Betances, Jésula Blanc, Matías Bosch Carcuro, Cynthia Carrión, Raj Chetty, Catherine DeLaura, Magaly Colimon, Juan Colón, Robin Maria DeLugan, Lauren Derby, Rosa Iris Diendomi Álvarez, Polibio Díaz, Rana Dotson, Rita Dove, Rhina P. Espaillat, Maria Cristina Fumagalli, Saudi García, Scherezade García, Juan Carlos González Díaz, Kiran C. Jayaram, Pierre Michel Jean, Nehanda Loiseau Julot, Jake Kheel, Carlos Alomia Kollegger, Jackson Lorrain “Jhonny Rivas”, Radio Marién, Padre Regino Martínez Bretón, Sophie Maríñez, April J. Mayes, Jasminne Mendez, Komedi Mikal PGNE, Osiris Mosquea, Megan Jeanette Myers, Rebecca Osborne, Ana Ozuna, Edward Paulino, John Presimé, Laura Ramos, Amaury Rodríguez, Doña Carmen Rodríguez de Paulino, The DREAM Project, Silvio Torres-Saillant, Ilses Toribio, Deisy Toussaint, Évelyne Trouillot, Richard Turits, William Vazquez, Chiqui Vicioso, Bridget Wooding, and Óscar Zazo.

Author : Robin Kirk
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Haitians
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This report argues that the Haitians currently seeking asylum in the Dominican Republic are in urgent need of support from international refugee organizations, including UNHCR, and from the Dominican Government. After portraying the current difficulties of Haitians in obtaining asylum in the Dominican Republic and the poor treatment of those who have entered, the author traces the history of tension between the two countries. Special attention is given to the treatment of Haitian cane cutters in the Dominican Republic and other forms of cheap labour. The author examines Decree 233-91 of June 13, 1991, ordering that all Haitians under 16 and over 60 be forcibly repatriated. The treatment of the persons expelled is described through the recounting of individual cases. After having described the forced return, the report focuses on the situation of the Haitian refugees in the Dominican Republic. The author states that 'the attitude of the Dominican authorities toward refugees can at best be described as cautious; at worst, it is openly hostile'. Information is given on Haitian refugees in the Dominican Republic and the escape routes they took to get there. Particular mention is made of the Dajabon 23, a group of refugees confined to a Church. Criticisms are presented of the efforts of the Dominican Government and UNHCR to help the refugees. The report concludes with recommendations for the international community, UNHCR, and the Haitian Government. A selected bibliography is also included in the report.

Author : Celso Pérez
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Citizenship
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"This 48-page report documents hundreds of cases from 13 provinces around the country. Human Rights Watch found that Dominicans of Haitian descent are still unable to access basic civic functions such as registering children at birth, enrolling in school and college, participating in the formal economy, or travelling around the country without risk of expulsion"--Publisher's description.