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Haiti: Hundreds Protest Dominican Republic Plan to Deport Haitians

HeadlineJul 22, 2015

In Haiti, hundreds of people protested in Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, calling on the Dominican government to halt the threatened deportations of hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the Dominican Republic. Some also called for a boycott of Dominican goods.

Jean-Robert Argand, Collective of December 4: “We urge the government of the Dominican Republic to respect the rights of Haitians and their dignity. Also, we ask that they start to support our local products.”

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