Most of the Haitian population living in the Dominican Republic is employed in agriculture, particularly in the cultivation of sugar cane.
SEIBO PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
The laborers who work in the sugar cane harvest are paid an average of 45.00 euros per week by large national and foreign companies.
SEIBO PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
The lunch break of a Haitian laborer employed in growing beans.
DAJABÓN PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
Every day, many Haitian laborers cross the Masacre River, which marks the northernmost part of the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, to go and work in the fields. Once the work day is over, they return to Haitian territory in the same way.
DAJABÓN PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
Returning from Haiti: a Haitian worker can afford a shower after crossing rivers and mountains to search for his illegally deported three-year-old daughter and carry her home in his arms.
MAO PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
Churches are the main meeting point for the Haitian community in the Dominican Republic. For this reason, they are frequently targeted by the military.
PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
A mother hugs her son who had been deported to Haiti a few days earlier. The boy, born and raised in the Dominican Republic, entrusted himself to smugglers and by paying a sum of approximately 100.00 euros, he was able to return home.
PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
After a night of heavy rain, a young Haitian man waits for his mattress to dry in the sun. Due to the military's illegal night raids, illegal Haitian immigrants are forced to sleep in the open air in the countryside near the batey (villages built in the middle of sugar cane plantations, inhabited by Haitian workers with their families).
PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
A group of Haitian migrants, who have just entered Dominican territory illegally, hide in the bush waiting for a smuggler to pass by.
PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
Every night, the inhabitants of the batey without proper documentation are forced to go to sleep in the so-called casitas de montaña, shacks hidden in the bush that are difficult for the military to reach.
PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
A family is preparing to move into a casita de montaña.
PROVINCE OF MONTE CRISTI, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
Inside a casita de montaña.
MAO PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
Residents of the batey use WhatsApp groups to communicate sightings of Army patrols and then raise the alarm.
DAJABÓN PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
A Haitian worker, fleeing an army raid, sets up a makeshift shelter in the bush.
DAJABÓN PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
While fleeing from Dominican soldiers along the Masacre River, a young Haitian migrant lost her shoes and backpack.
PROVINCIA DI MONTE CRISTI, REPUBBLICA DOMINICANA. 2024
Ouanaminthe Center for Unaccompanied Minors. A teenager was injured after being mistreated by Dominican Immigration Police.
OUANAMINTHE, HAITI. 2024
After being arrested by the Army, without food or water, Haitian migrants are taken and locked up for days in the so-called fortalezas. These military bases are collection points for migrants who are to be deported to Haiti. With amounts starting from 150.00 euros, the military can be bribed to release prisoners.
MONTE CRISTI PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
The Immigration Police is responsible for the deportation of illegal Haitian immigrants. Without carrying out adequate checks, they transport hundreds of people on trucks with barriers when in reality they could transport only a few dozen. During the journey, which can last several hours even in very hot conditions, the Haitian migrants are not given food or water.
MAO PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
More than one hundred Haitian migrants are dropped off on the bridge that crosses the Masacre River and marks the northern border between the two countries.
HAITI/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BORDER. 2024
An unaccompanied minor, fatherless and motherless, is unable to contact his older sister who remained in Santo Domingo. The boy, born and raised in the Dominican Republic, does not speak Creole or French, the two languages spoken in Haiti.
OUANAMINTHE, HAITI. 2024
Haitian migrants are subjected to basic health checks upon repatriation.
OUANAMINTHE, HAITI. 2024
Repatriated migrants receive only a single meal from the Haitian government and humanitarian organizations.
OUANAMINTHE, HAITI. 2024
A group of Haitian migrants try to dry their documents that ended up in the water along with their luggage while crossing the Masacre River.
MONTE CRISTI PROVINCE, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 2024
An 84-year-old blind man who had been living in the Dominican Republic for over 70 years was deported to Haiti.
OUANAMINTHE, HAITI. 2024
The first reception centre for migrants in Ouanaminthe.
OUANAMINTHE, HAITI. 2024