Boosting deportations to neighboring Haiti -- the region's poorest nation which is ravaged by gang violence -- was a campaign promise of Dominican President Luis Abinader, reelected in May 2024 for a second term.
It said the UN migration agency (IOM), in partnership with Haitian authorities and others, had “assisted an average of 15 pregnant women and 15 breastfeeding mothers per day” at two border crossings since April 22.
“Nearly 20,000 individuals -- including a growing number of highly vulnerable women -- were deported by land in April 2025, marking a record number for a one-month period,“ according to the IOM.
Haiti has long suffered from political instability and gang violence, but the situation has significantly worsened over the past year, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince.
The UN estimates over a million Haitians have been internally displaced due to the violence.
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