This policy, implemented by Santo Domingo, began on October 3, 2024, and aims to expel up to 10,000 migrants per week.

Dominican authorities revealed that they repatriated 310,499 Haitian citizens in an irregular migration situation.

The Haiti Libre digital newspaper noted that the deportees were detained in 5,123 control operations between January and October 2025.

This rate represents a 72 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, which saw 180,417 deportations.

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