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Overview

This document represents a summary snapshot of monitoring activities conducted by IOM and border monitoring partners at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The monitoring was put in place following the movements observed at the border before and after the 17th June 2015 expiration of the registration component of the National Plan for the Regularization of Foreigners (PNRE1 in Spanish), established in the Dominican Republic. Monitoring of border movements began as of the first week of June 2015. Up until the 16th of June, figures are based on partial observations of border crossing points. The network’s current structure covers 100% of border crossing points as of July 2015.

CUMULATIVE HIGHLIGHTS

• 18,896 households representing 36,442 individuals crossed the border into Haitian territory

• 37.1% were female while 62.9% were male

• 577 presumed unaccompanied minors were identified

  • 1,672 households declared having been registered in the PNRE corresponding to 3,695 individuals

• 21,331 individuals declared having returned spontaneously to Haiti

• 8,130 individuals claim to have been deported  6,981 individuals were officially deported at the three official border crossing points of Ouanaminthe, Malpasse, and Belladères and have been voluntary registered.