On Saturday February 27, 2021, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced during his speech on the occasion of the 177th anniversary of the country's independence that in the second half of 2021, the construction of a double fence on the line will begin at the border separating the Dominican Republic and Haiti in order to protect sovereignty and territorial security.

He said that with this fence, the cost of which is unknown at the moment, "Within two years, we want to end the serious problems of illegal immigration, drug trafficking and the trafficking of stolen vehicles at destination. and from the neighboring country."

Abinader declared that this measure will use physical and technological meanshttps://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32908-haiti-flash-the-dominican-republic-will-test-an-israeli-system-of-electronic-border.html which "[...] will include a double closure in the most conflicting sections and a single in the other sections." These fences will be reinforced at the surveillance level, among others by "[...] motion sensors, facial recognition and night vision cameras, radars and thermal detectors... [...] ".

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32914-haiti-flash-nearly-1-000-cameras-monitor-the-dominican-border.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32908-haiti-flash-the-dominican-republic-will-test-an-israeli-system-of-electronic-border.html

SL/ HaitiLibre