Haiti / Dominican Republic - Upholding the Rights of Immigrants and Their Descendants
This report examines migration dynamics across the island of Hispaniola and the prospects for fairer policies to ensure better governance of human mobility. It reviews the short- and long-term impacts of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, identifies obstacles and opportunities for building a rights-based agenda, and highlights the growing difficulties faced by descendants of Haitian migrants in claiming Dominican nationality.
This report focuses on migration dynamics across the island of Hispaniola and on the prospects for more just policies to ensure better governance of human mobility.
It examines the short- and longer-term impacts of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, identifies both obstacles to and opportunities for developing a rights-based agenda, and draws attention to the increasing difficulties faced by descendants of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic who struggle to claim their right to Dominican nationality. The report also discusses the pro-migrant civil society movement across the island.
It concludes with recommendations for advancing the realization of the rights of migrants and their descendants throughout Hispaniola.