* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Impatience with slow recovery in Haiti
Increasing numbers of Haitian refugees in neighbouring Dominican Republic are being deported and turned away at the border, the New York Times reports.
Citing rights groups, the paper says Dominicans also are using a new law to deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants and deport people who had been born and lived in the Dominican Republic for years.
Dominican officials say they have borne the brunt of both earthquake refugees and the influx of economic migrants from Haiti looking for low-wage jobs in the country’s coffee, sugar cane and construction sectors.
To ease tensions, the International Organisation for Migration is paying Haitians $50 each, plus additional relocation assistance, to leave the Dominican Republic and return home willingly. More than 1,500 have gone back through the scheme.
Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
