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Poverty May 22, 2020 | 5:26 pm

Haitian immigrants look to leave the Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo.- Various institutions are carrying out a plan to repatriate Haitian immigrants living in the Dominican Republic after losing their means of subsistence due to the economic impact of measures to control the spread of the coronavirus. ile Foundation (FZ) executive director, Edwin Paraison said that since the confinement began in Dominican territory, three sectors where Haitians par

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