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Haiti - Migration crisis : Offensive and critical speech of President Martelly
04/07/2015 09:42:40

Haiti - Migration crisis : Offensive and critical speech of President Martelly
At the 36th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), held in Bridgetown (Barbados) from 2 to 4 July 2015, the President Martelly in his speech intervened very strongly about the migration crisis between Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Excerpts from the speech of President Martelly :

« [...] Allow me to tell you that this is not with gaiety of heart that I address to this assembly to talk about the relationship of the Republic of Haiti with the Dominican Republic. Today, these relations challenge us and challenge friends of the CARICOM, given the fate reserved to Haitians living illegally in the Dominican Republic.

Since Wednesday, June 17, 2015, due date of the National Plan of Regularization of Foreigners (PNRE) implementing the Judgment 168-13 of the Dominican Constitutional Tribunal, thousands of Haitians joined Haitian-Dominican border crossings points https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14403-haiti-flash-d-3-already-more-than-31-275-voluntary-returns.html . If some have decided to return voluntarily to Haiti, others, more numerous than the first ones, in contrast, were arrested and taken manu militari at the border.

The Dominican authorities prefer to speak of assisted voluntary repatriation, while it is often violent deportations.

The Republic of Haiti, as part of all bilateral meetings on migration issues, has never discussed the sovereign right of the Dominican Republic to legislate on its national migration policy and to take all subsequent provisions on foreigners, including Haitians. The government's position, in accordance with compliance of Public International Law governing the matter, is and always has been to welcome in Haiti any person enjoying Haitian nationality but living in an irregular situation, either in the Dominican Republic or in any other country.

It is respectful of this principle and in harmony with international standards that the Haitian part, in all bilateral meetings, invited the Dominican party to consider the need and urgency to negotiate a Memorandum of Understanding on the process or repatriation mechanisms in the only goal to respect the rights of migrants. The Dominican authorities, using every trick, systematically refused to negotiate not only the Protocol but also any other it could present courteously. As a result, the Haitian part is entitled to consider that the Dominican government wants to carry out the deportations without considering the basic rights of Haitian migrants.

[...] Faced with this intolerable situation, the Republic of Haiti strongly appeal to Member States of CARICOM, the Organization of American States and the United Nations in order to bring the Dominican authorities to treat Haitian nationals with dignity by respecting their rights under all protocols and all existing international and regional conventions on migration.

[...] The Republic of Haiti asks the international community to support the government's position in its attempt to sign an agreement with the Dominican Republic that respects the human rights of Haitian nationals.

The Republic of Haiti has no armed forces. Also it makes of the diplomacy its first line of defense. If at first it had privileged bilateral approach, because it believed in the good faith of the Dominican authorities to keep their promises not to organize mass repatriation still less to violate the rights of Haitian migrants .

However, the finding on the ground of the number of deportees that our institutions and international aid agencies have been able to welcome over the past two weeks has already announced signs of a humanitarian disaster that could destabilize the country and its economy.

[...] The Republic of Haiti is committed to an electoral process to enable the renewal of his political staff. Managing this process requires calm, serenity and insight. The massive and indiscriminate deportations of Haitian nationals are likely to undermine the process and undermine the political fragility of the country.

Economically and socially the low resources available to the Haitian state will not allow it to deal with these massive deportations that might endanger peace and regional security.

The Republic of Haiti renews its commitment to resolve the conflict in a peaceful manner in accordance with Article 33 of the Charter of the UN. However, it remains convinced that this humanitarian tragedy that we face with dignity will surely arouse solidarity of fraternal nations and international organizations, regional and sub-regional as has always been the case in the past.

I thank you."


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