Haiti Place Nonprofits Refugees set up camp on the Haiti-Dominican border

News Information

  • NEWS_POSTED_BY: Haiti NGOs
  • NEWS_POSTED_ON: Aug 27, 2015
  • Views : 236
  • Category : General News
  • Description : BBC News
    20 August 2015 Last updated at 23:39 BST
  • Website : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-33994949

Overview

  • The Haitian government is calling on its neighbour the Dominican Republic to delay plans for thousands of Haitians to be deported to the country as they try and make arrangements for their return.

    Along the border, many people have already decided to leave and are living in makeshift camps that experts fear could develop into a humanitarian crisis.

    Nick Davis reports from the border of the two countries that share an island.

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