Haiti - Embassy of Haiti : False news regarding a relief fund for Haitians in DR
The Haitian Embassy in Santo Domingo is distancing itself from fake news circulating on social networks, which claims that Haitians living in the Dominican Republic will benefit from financial aid during this period of health crisis.
The Haitian diplomatic mission declares "that it is not informed that organizations or institutions, Dominican, Haitian or foreign, have set up an emergency fund via a bank in the Dominican Republic for Haitian nationals living in the country."
However, the Embassy of Haiti has admitted the possibility that in some cases, Haitians whose immigration regularization process has been completed may benefit from certain assistance programs from the Dominican Government. The Embassy is referring to funds from the Employee Solidarity Aid Fund (FASE) intended to provide a monetary supplement to workers suspended in connection with measures to contain the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. "We had confirmation in this regard, through the diplomatic channel," said the Embassy of Haiti in a concise statement.
In addition, the Embassy warned that the images broadcast on social networks, showing certain shopping centers with a crowd of Haitians who would wait to receive this assistance from Banco Reservas do not at all correspond to the truth."
