The Dominican Republic president is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in canal construction dispute.

The Dominican Republic said it would seal its border with Haiti on Friday morning amid a conflict over access to a river shared between the two historically contentious neighbors.

Nearly a month after shutting down its entire border with Haiti, the Dominican Republic says that it is ready to reopen for business, but Haitians will continue to be banned from entering the country.

On Oct. 2, Luis Abinader, the president of the Dominican Republic, announced a plan to deport up to 10,000 Haitian people per week, the largest deportations in the country’s recent history.

The president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday defended his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in their dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river ...

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The Dominican Republic’s deportation plan, which calls for 10,000 Haitians to be expelled every week, comes amid deteriorating relations between the two countries.

The president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday defended his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in their dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river ...

With increased dangers in Haiti, the Dominican Republic government has become "fed up" with Haitian migrants using up resources.

Dominican President Set to Win Re-Election as Voters Eye Crisis in Haiti President Luis Abinader was bolstered by nativist migration policies, a strong economy and an anticorruption drive.

Hundreds of children have been expelled from the Dominican Republic without their parents, according to UNICEF, amid a sweeping government push to remove suspected undocumented migrants from the ...

A Dominican Republic soldier stands on the bank of the Massacre River, a natural border with Haiti, down river from the construction of a canal on the Haitian side, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic ...