Deportations and the exodus of Haitians make food more expensive in the Dominican Republic

Published 2021년 5월 13일

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The article highlights the economic impact of the mass deportation of Haitian immigrants from the Dominican Republic on the country's agricultural sector, particularly in the province of San Juan. Since the beginning of the year, 6,162 Haitians have been deported, which has led to a significant labor shortage. This shortage has increased production costs for farmers by 20% to 25% and has affected the harvest of vegetables and beans. The lack of regular labor has been further exacerbated by the voluntary return of over 200,000 Dominicans due to the pandemic. Despite the Dominican Labor Code requiring 80% of jobs to be reserved for Dominicans, in practice, most rural workers are undocumented Haitian immigrants. A meeting of the National Migration Council is planned to discuss the needs of foreign labor in agriculture and construction.

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EFE.- A group of irregular Haitian immigrants is deported from the Dominican Republic through the Dajabón pass; In a matter of weeks, like a butterfly effect, the price of rice with beans is more expensive in the markets of Santo Domingo. The nexus between these two events with no apparent causal relationship between them is very evident for farmers in the province of San Juan (west), one of the main agricultural areas of the Caribbean country. And it is that in these fertile valleys at the foot of the Central Cordillera, nine out of ten rural workers are Haitians, and most of them lack papers, which is why they are easy targets of deportation campaigns for irregular immigrants. So far this year, 6,162 Haitians have been deported to their country, according to official Dominican statistics. The availability of labor has been further affected because since 2020 more than 200,000 Haitians have voluntarily returned to their country due to the pandemic, according to figures from the ...

Source: Forbescentroamerica