A Look at Expulsions from the Haitian Side of the Border
January 30, 2016. OBMICA shares an important article by migration expert Colette Lespinasse, now an independent consultant after many years as director of the Support Group for Returnees and Refugees in Port-au-Prince. She reports on a visit to the camps of Anse-a-Pitres on the Haitian-Dominican border in January 2016, where Dominicans and Haitians expelled from the Dominican Republic were living.
OBMICA shares an article by migration specialist Colette Lespinasse based on a visit to camps in Anse-a-Pitres on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border. The report looks at the humanitarian situation of families living in precarious conditions after expulsions and forced returns from the Dominican Republic.
The text analyzes the crisis from the Haitian side of the border and draws attention to hunger, lack of services, lack of documentation, and the broader impact of migration enforcement on displaced communities.