The Dominican Republic will provisionally receive people expelled from third countries coming from the United States, the government of the Caribbean island announced on Tuesday.
The Dominican Republic will provisionally receive people expelled from third countries from the United States, the Caribbean island’s government announced on Tuesday.
The United States has reached agreements with other governments to host irregular migrants from third countries as part of the controversial deportation campaign launched by President Donald Trump.
“Both governments signed today (Tuesday) a non-binding memorandum of understanding, concerning the temporary and exceptional entry into Dominican territory of a limited number of third-country nationals,” the statement says.The expelled individuals will enter the Dominican Republic “in transit status” and will not be able to have a criminal record.
The mechanism “will receive financial and operational support” from the United States government “in order to ensure adequate conditions during the temporary stay and to facilitate the orderly return to their countries of origin.”
The measure “does not include Haitian nationals or unaccompanied minors,” the text adds, which does not specify the nationality of the expelled individuals.
The Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, expels thousands of migrants from its neighbor every year, the poorest country in the region, mired in a socio-economic crisis and where vast areas are controlled by criminal gangs.
