Authorities in the Dominican Republic deported 15,000 Haitians in October 2022 alone, despite the call of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to halt these forced removals because of the precarious health and security situation in Haiti. One group in Haiti that provides help to deportees says that Dominican authorities are targeting all Haitians, no matter their immigration status.
"All the lorries are filled. All of them. Three, four, filled!” says the man filming a video that has been widely circulated since it was posted on social media on November 5. From his car, the man films a row of seven lorries belonging to the immigration enforcement services of the Dominican Republic lined up along a road. Several dozen people seemed to be locked into the back of these trucks, which have caged doors.
