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Needed but Unwanted: Haitians in the Dominican Republic

Wednesday, February 10, 2016 Susan Farkas/IRIN

Hundreds of thousands of people of Haitian descent living in the Dominican Republic are at risk of arbitrary deportation or of becoming stateless. Even though many were born in the Dominican Republican or have lived there for decades, tens of thousands have either been forcibly deported or have fled the crackdown and legal uncertainty.

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