SANTO DOMINGO: The Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader said Sunday he was deploying more troops to the country’s border with Haiti, which is suffering a grave security crisis.
Abinader added that he had approved construction of a new section of a wall between the two countries, which share the second-largest island in the Caribbean after Cuba.
Abinader, who was first elected in 2020 and secured a second term last year, has made battling immigration a top issue for his administration, conducting mass expulsions of undocumented Haitians.
Around 86,400 were expelled between January and March, after 276,000 were expelled in 2024, according to official data.
“We will step up surveillance of the borders with 1,500 additional troops, on top of 9,500 already deployed,” the president said in a speech on migration.
The Haiti-Dominican Republic border stretches for more than 300 kilometers roughly north to south across the island of Hispaniola.
Abinader said his government would “speed up construction of the border wall,” adding a further 13 kilometers to the 54 already installed.
Around 500,000 Haitian immigrants live in the Dominican Republic, out of a total 10.5 million inhabitants, according to official data.
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Dominican Republic steps up forces on Haiti border
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Dominican Republic steps up forces on Haiti border
- President Luis Abinader also approved construction of a new section of a wall between the two countries
- The Haiti-Dominican Republic border stretches for more than 300 kilometers roughly north to south
US regulator briefly grounds JetBlue flights after system outage
- Advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request
WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday it had lifted a brief order grounding all JetBlue flights, after the airline suffered a system outage.
The FAA said in an advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request.
JetBlue said a system outage was to blame for its ground stop request.
“A brief system outage has been resolved and we have resumed operations,” the airline told AFP in a statement.
The FAA did not immediately reply to AFP’s request for comment.
The FAA said in an advisory that the ground stop, which was in force for less than an hour, was issued at the airline’s request.
JetBlue said a system outage was to blame for its ground stop request.
“A brief system outage has been resolved and we have resumed operations,” the airline told AFP in a statement.
The FAA did not immediately reply to AFP’s request for comment.
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