Haiti - Politic : Former PM Claude Joseph insults President Abinader
The General Directorate of Migration (DGM) is increasing migration control operations throughout the Dominican territory. Monday, November 14, 1,395 Haitian nationals in an irregular migratory situation were apprehended in the Santo-Domingo region alone. Saturday was 650 other Haitians in Dajabón, to these figures must be added the arrests in the other Provinces... The DGM estimates that more than 100,000 Haitians in an irregular migratory situation will be repatriated to Haiti in 2022.
Reacting to these massive repatriations, former Prime Minister a.i. Claude Joseph, banned from entering the Dominican Republic since September 7, 2022, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37591-haiti-flash-former-pm-claude-joseph-and-12-gang-leaders-banned-from-entering-the-dominican-republic.html has qualified Dominican President Luis Abinader as "racist" on social media, comparing him to the former dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo "He is a racist who hates Haiti and Haitians with all his heart. Current human rights violations against Haitians amount to ethnic cleansing. Abinader's racist policy towards Haitians can only be compared to that of Trujillo."
Let's recall that on several occasions the former Dominican presidents Leonel Fernández, Danilo Medina, and today President Abinader, have had to face accusations of "racism", "xenophobia" and "unjust mass repatriations" of Haitians, from international organizations. The most recent being the request of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR), Volker Turk, asked the Dominican Republic to stop the mass deportations to Haiti because of the crisis in this country. and to "prevent" racism and xenophobia https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38104-haiti-flash-haitians-massively-expelled-from-the-dominican-republic.html . Abinader called his statements as unacceptable and irresponsible, former President Fernández joined in his reaction.
