The Repatriates and Refugees Support Group (GARR) is alarmed by the treatment inflicted on repatriated Haitian migrants.

In Haiti, this year was marked by the massive repatriation of several tens of thousands of our compatriots, in particular by the United States, the Dominican Republic and other Latin American countries (Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Cuba, Bahamas , Turks and Caicos Islands…). Repatriations tainted most of the time by violations of the rights of these migrants https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35547-haiti-politic-14-127-haitians-repatriated-by-5-countries-in-3-months.html

Over the past 10 years, the available data shows a significant presence of Haitians across Latin America (Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32238-haiti-flash-a-presidential-decree-removes-the-power-of-the-csc-ca-to-oppose-the-signing-of-a-contract.html Ecuador, Panama https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27814-haiti-social-panama-faces-a-haitian-migration-crisis.html ...). In 2020, in Chile, Haitians represented 12.5% ​​of the population (+100,000 new migrants in 2020) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33745-haiti-flash-thousands-of-haitians-risk-deportation-to-chile.html

Faced with multiple constraints such as racism, xenophobia and unemployment, they left this country en masse to try to reach the United States, an extremely risky migratory route of more than 7,000 km, where many cases of rape, theft and extortion, abuse of all kinds have been reported. Those who were lucky enough to access the US-Mexico border were chased by border guards on horseback... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34830-haiti-flash-biden-denounces-the-treatment-of-haitians-at-the-border-and-takes-responsibility-for-it.html

Turned back to the border, thousands of Haitians have been repatriated to Haiti. Others, unable to fulfill their American dream, are forced to lead a miserable life in Mexican border towns like Tapachula, Ciudad Acuña, Tijuana https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33581-haiti-mexico-in-tijuana-haitian-refugees-live-in-an-overcrowded-and-unworthy-camps.html , Mexicali...

For its part, the Dominican Republic continues to tighten its migration policy between August 2020 and August 2021, more than 175,000 undocumented Haitians in an irregular migratory situation have been repatriated to Haiti (source: Dominican Ministry of Defense). Tens of thousands of Haitian workers in an irregular situation risk deportation in January 2022 following new measures taken by the Dominican Republic to strictly enforce migration laws https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35140-icihaiti-dr-tens-of-thousands-of-haitian-workers-in-an-irregular-situation-risk-deportation-in-january-2022.html

Joseph Mike Lysias, GARR Coordinator, reminded the Haitian authorities of the need to restore security to create jobs, promote access to basic social services and establish a reintegration plan for returning migrants

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35422-icihaiti-garr-819-women-including-169-pregnant-and-117-girls-repatriated-from-dr-in-november.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35296-icihaiti-dr-gaar-deplores-the-continued-repatriation-of-pregnant-women.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35140-icihaiti-dr-tens-of-thousands-of-haitian-workers-in-an-irregular-situation-risk-deportation-in-january-2022.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34962-haiti-flash-56-600-haitians-this-year-crossed-the-dangerous-jungle-of-darien-colombia.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34912-haiti-justice-dementation-in-chile-of-a-haitian-migrants-smuggling-ring.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34830-haiti-flash-biden-denounces-the-treatment-of-haitians-at-the-border-and-takes-responsibility-for-it.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34807-haiti-politic-dhs-does-not-tolerate-abuses-against-migrants.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34797-haiti-migration-crisis-the-government-calls-for-solidarity-with-our-compatriots-in-difficulty.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34786-haiti-flash-joe-biden-orders-the-deportation-of-thousands-of-illegal-haitian-migrants.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34770-haiti-flash-thousands-of-haitian-migrants-detained-in-the-usa-in-a-makeshift-camp.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34658-haiti-mexico-muscular-interception-of-migrants-dozens-of-haitians-arrested-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33745-haiti-flash-thousands-of-haitians-risk-deportation-to-chile.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33581-haiti-mexico-in-tijuana-haitian-refugees-live-in-an-overcrowded-and-unworthy-camps.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27814-haiti-social-panama-faces-a-haitian-migration-crisis.html

SL/ HaitiLibre