Citizenship Of Dominicans Of Haitian Decent Annulled By Domincan Republic

Citizenship Of Dominicans Of Haitian Decent Annulled By Domincan Republic

Wednesday October 12, 2011 07:46 AM ET

The Dominican government has confiscated or annulled nearly 1,600 birth certificates belonging to residents of Haitian descent. Dominican authorities argue that Dominicans of Haitian Descent should apply for Haitian citizenship...

O... O... You SEZI?

This first paragraph may come as a shock to you but it is in fact true...

Haven't you heard?

The sons and daughters of Haitians born in the Dominican Republic are in limbo...

They are NOT Haitians because they were born on foreign soil, not in Haiti, according to the Haitian constitution... And they are NOT Dominicans because mommy and daddy ARE Haitian according to the NEW and IMPROVED Dominican constitution...

Oh Yeah... The Dominican constitution has been RE-WRITTEN to KICK everything Haitian OUT of DR...

Come on...

Let's be realistic...

I don't think Dominican authorities put this new law in effect out of fear that that both parents might be German!

Why in God's name am I thinking about Adolph Hitler and the Jews as I sit here writing this article???

HMMM... Why is this sound resonating in my ear... "Mi compatriotas Dominicanos, vamos a cambiar nuestra Constitucion y expulsar los Haitianos de nuestro pais"

You should definitely read this article:

Love thy neighbour? Not when it comes to the Dominican Republic and Haiti

Read this from the article...

Over the past seven years, the Dominican government has rewritten its constitution and reinterpreted old laws, effectively eliminating birthright citizenship. Since 26 January 2010, citizens must prove that they have at least one parent of Dominican nationality to be recognized...

In other words, if you are a person born to undocumented Haitian parents living in the Dominican Republic, you no longer have the right to Dominican citizenship even if you have lived there your whole life...

The Dominican authorities argue that people falling foul of the new ruling should apply for Haitian citizenship, even though they may not speak Creole or ever have set foot in Haiti. In any case, Haitian rules require them to have lived in Haiti for at least five years. This means that thousands of Haitian people living in the Dominican Republic are now effectively stateless.

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