Haiti-Migration: Redma demands protection of migrants and refugees in the Americas and Caribbean

P-au-P, 27 from 2024 [AlterPresse] — The Hemispheric Network for the Rights of Haitian Migrants (Redma) [[1]

denounces the procedures and provisions of prohibition, applied against Haitian nationals by the Dominican Republic, the United States of America, the Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, from entering their territory without papers, in a taking position, dated May 21, 2024, transmitted to the online agency AlterPresse.

Repatriations and deportations continue in these countries, in a context where terror and other acts of violence by armed gangs are continuously increasing in Haiti, he reports.

Redma calls for the protection of migrants in the region and those seeking exile.

He declares his solidarity with human rights organizations such as Amnesty International, which condemn the numerous human rights violations against human rights activists, Haitian nationals as well as Dominicans of Haitian descent.

During the month of March 2024, the human rights organization Amnesty International called on the international community to prosecute people suspected of crimes under international law and human rights violations in Haiti.

Amnesty International calls on the international community “to carefully monitor and document possible crimes under international law and human rights violations perpetrated in Haiti, in order to ensure respect for international law and, where appropriate, to prosecute those suspected of responsibility criminal.”

The Support Group for Returnees and Refugees (Garr) platform and the Amnesty International organization had asked the government of the Dominican Republic to put an end to its racist migration policies, in separate notes.

While condemning the wave of racism and xenophobia against Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, the Garr platform welcomed the initiative of the organization Amnesty International, which urged the Dominican authorities to suspend violations of the rights of migrants and Haitian migrants and refugees found on their territory.

The Hemispheric Network for the Rights of Haitian Migrants says it supports the numerous calls made to the Dominican government so that it can suspend the collective deportations of migrants, and the de facto racist migration policy against them.

Redma denounces the announcement of the American government, which said it was ready to expand the use of the Guantanamo base, in the event of possible attempts by illegal travelers from Haiti to arrive in the United States in boat.

Redma declares that it supports the demand of its members, such as the Haitian Bridge Alliance, who urge the US government to renew, once again, the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), to immediately release Haitians imprisoned by immigration , and accelerate the process for the reunification of Haitian families.

He asks governments in the Americas region to expand the legal protection that countries offer to Haitian nationals.

“There is an urgency to broaden and extend asylum and refugee status, but also to expand protection against deportations and imprisonment. [mff emb rc apr 28/05/2024 13:30]