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June 16, 2015

Dominican-Born Haitian Descendants Face Possible Mass Deportation 
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In the Dominican Republic, people of Haitian descent have been
scrambling to meet today's deadline to register their status and avoid a
possible mass deportation to Haiti. The Dominican Republic has stripped
more than 100,000 Dominican-born descendants of Haitian sugar plantation
workers of their citizenship. It remains unclear if deportations will
proceed this week, but authorities have reportedly prepared dozens of
buses for the trips.

 

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