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Poverty May 31, 2017 | 2:13 pm

Police demolish dozens of shanties at Haitian slum

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.- Dozens of shanties occupied by Haitian squatters on land near the slum Cruce de Friusa (east) were demolished by police officers, Environment Ministry agents and Immigration inspectors. The debris from the shacks was hauled away from the site, after the authorities issued a deadline warning the squatters to voluntarily leave the site, on the road to Macao, La Al

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