OBMICA Bulletin September 2022

We are pleased to present the latest edition of the OBMICA Institutional Bulletin, corresponding to September 2022. The publication is available for online reading and PDF download here.

On the cover we feature a powerful image of flooding in Los Mina, provided within OBMICA's 2020 research on migration, vulnerability, and disaster risk reduction in the Dominican Republic. This issue addresses a series of natural disasters that recently struck the Caribbean.

Editorial In September 2022, the civil society platform Dominican@s por Derecho succeeded in repositioning the arbitrary deprivation of nationality on the public agenda as a citizenship issue and a popular struggle for social justice. Read more...

In the eye of Hurricane 2022 Puerto Rico had not recovered from Maria when Hurricane Fiona struck in September, causing blackouts, infrastructure damage, hunger, and deaths. Read more...

Balance and perspectives of the normalization plan for Venezuelans in the Dominican Republic More than a year after the plan began, it is important to analyze its progress and limitations. Read more...

Dominican@s por Derecho statement, September 2022 More than 90,000 Dominicans of Haitian origin still lack the civil documentation necessary for the full exercise of their citizenship. Read more...

Formalizing domestic work in the Dominican Republic: a major achievement that brings new challenges Recent resolutions represent important advances in labor rights and care provision. Read more...

Meet members of the U.S. Congress and their report on labor conditions in the sugar industry The new report evaluates progress on recommendations made in 2013 regarding migrant workers in the sugar sector. Read more...