Monday, Pierre Philippe Brunet, Consul of Haiti in Barahona, asked the aitians residing in the Southwest of the Dominican Republic, to regularize their situation in the country, through the consular services "We invite all Haitians in the border area, to visit the Consulate, which is there to help all our compatriots who are in Dominican territory."

Pierre Philippe Brunet said that his services were available to help the Haitians, who are not in good standing in the Dominican Republic to get their documents and passport "later with more clarity and legality, we can defend the Haitians who are in this region, but they must have their papers updated. When we do not know who is who then it causes problems..."

Stressing that President Michel Martelly wanted his countrymen have a good status with an identity, with which they can accomplish a lot, he recalled as an example, the legalization in conjunction with the Ministry of Immigration, of several tens Haitians who work in the "Consorcio Azucarero Central" in Barahona "they first had a birth certificate and then a passport and now they have atheir guarantee thaty they can legally travel without having to pay thousands of pesos to facilitators in the area..."

Moreover, he categorically denied the rumor that the Consulate in Barahona expelling undocumented Haitians who visited the consular services "We are neither the police nor the migration to make deportations. We are only here to help, serve and defend the rights of all Haitians, That is why I invite you to come to our Consulate to get your documents."

S/ HaitiLibre