The Government of the Dominican Republic denied this Friday that it undertook to regularize the situation of the immigrants y Haitian workers in the country, as stated in a statement earlier today by the Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti.
“(…) there was no kind of commitment to regularize the situation of the immigrants y Haitian workers in the country or to support the candidacy of the former Haitian Minister of Public Health, Florence Guillaume Duperval, for the position of general director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO),” said the Presidency of the Dominican Republic.
The Dominican President Luis Abinaderpointed out that it is “impossible” for the Dominican Republic to regularize the Haitian immigrants if they do not have documents. “That was made very clear to him,” the Dominican head of state told the press who addressed him on the subject and reiterated that “no agreement was reached.”
The position of the president Luis Abinader on the issues was that the Government of Haiti should make efforts to provide official documents to all immigrants and workers who are in the Dominican Republic.
Regarding the candidacy for PAHO, Abinader indicated that he “could not” define “no support” in view of the fact that the Government of Panama, a partner in the Alliance for Development in Democracy, also has a candidacy for the same position and should talk to the regard.
According to information from the Office of the Prime Minister of Haitibetween both countries would have reached a agreement on the subject of regularization. “The first Minister Ariel Henry and the president Luis Abinader they woke up regularize the situation of the immigrants y Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic, providing them with identification documents and revitalizing the Mixed Haitian-Dominican Commission,” the office said in a document.
Upon his departure from yesterday’s Thursday meeting, Abinader He refused to offer details about the dialogue and only limited himself to saying that, “obviously”, bilateral issues were discussed and that the press will receive information about it later.
According to the Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti, Abinader affirmed that the Dominican Republic is ready to provide technical assistance to the Haitian Government in the areas of training, technology and intelligence.
In addition, that Abinader had “favorably” received the request to support the candidacy of the former Minister of Public Health Florence Guillaume Duperval for the position of director of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).