this compensation fund. that six, 7 billion they could pay 30 cents on the dollar but look to paris how this deal might unfold. if it does, this is one of the major impediments to lifting the trade embargo. >> david ariosto, thank you for that. the news continues here on al jazeera america. >> on "america tonight": home away from home. a new crisis of people forced from their communities, seeking shelter. in places that feel for. a different kind of border war. "america tonight" on the plight of those trapped between haiti and the dominican republic faced with alarm about what comes

next. thanks for joining us i'm joie chen. border wars and migrants on the move. we've seen how that has played out. refugees fleeing in terror, political leaders in pressure and battling back. one place that's stayed mostly off the radar in this discussion has been a big focus on "america tonight," the dominican republic, where hundreds of thousands have tried the avoid deportation, across the board, hidden terror facing a frightening deadline. tonight we follow up as al jazeera republic david mercer begins his report in the dominican capital, santo domingo. >> well-known fighter in his town outside of santo domingo, the dominican republic capital. the dream of one day representing the land of his birth in competition.

but because of uncertain future following the government's failure to register those of haitian dissent, he may no desc. only two of adonis's brothers and sisters have a dominican birth certificate. he does not. >> reporter: six months ago when we were here last this was the scene in the capital. undocumented workers trying to register themselves as required by the government. most were of haitian descent. but others born in the country had been caught in the confusion

of another registration program. these dominicans of haitian background, were stripped, unless they have a dominican parent. according to the u.n. refugee agency, unhcr, human rights groups like amnesty international, living in limbo, a description rejected by the dominican government. when we last met this kate she waactivist,she was advising fam. now she's trying to get the answers for all those without official doaments an documents n fear to be deported to haiti. yoa rayolanda's family is one o. a common problem of dominican

families of haitian descent. >> reporter: yolanda's trying to secure a future for her siblings, in a desperate bid to remain in dominican republic, two of them took the step of trying to register as foreign workers despite being born here. jenny says there's no word on her application. if they succeed, they'll initially be allowed to stay for two years. takes us to other families nearby. it's a familiar tale. no news about their efforts to enroll in the government's

program despite frequent calls and visits to government offices. that is, when they can even afford the trip. everyone here is on edge. all of them know someone who's been stopped by immigration officials or asked for their documents. some deported without warning, some without their children. now anyone who looks hasn't feels discriminated against, intimidated, and maybe they will leave the country on their own. >> thought he was safe when he registered this year as a foreign worker but he wasn't.

he was recently picked up and put in the back of a truck after he had forgotten his i.d. at home. he managed to get a message to his wife who brought it to the police station. it was a close call. he has lived in the dominican republic for 25 years and his children were born here. the government says thanks to his plan hundreds of thousands of foreign workers like him now have foreign status. but some who have studied the government programs say not enough was done to help those never registered, those tens of thousands, whom human rights groups describe as stateless, whose nationality is taken away. >> they to some extent distrust what's happening and are

unwilling to come forward when they are informed about the situation. because quite rightly, they don't see why they should be made to register as foreigners in a land where they were born, before potentially being naturalized in two years' time. >> reporter: the dominican republic and haiti have long had a close economic relationship. for generations haitians across the border providing cheap labor for their island neighbor. but relations between the two nations have been marked by periods of violence. if not unusual to hear some dominicans complain of a haitian invasion. while the dominican republic has been heavily criticized, many haitians support the efforts.

>> reporter: government officials admit that the programs have had their problems but they say the estimates of those now living in limbo are questionable. >> thousands of people who didn't have access to their documents as dominicans now have access to these documents, we understand that people are concerned that some people could have been left out of the process. we understand that. and we are trying to put in place mechanisms to try and find these people. and bring them into one of the categories that we created. to i think the magnitude of the problem is not assiduously being

portrayed. >> but for adonis there is no resolution to his uncertain status. he says he knows he belongs in the dominican republic. so far, officials haven't been beginning to detain folks in his neighborhood. for him, he's focusing on his boxing, standing his ground and fight. >> reporter: david mercer, al jazeera, dominican republic. >> next, correspondent david mercer looks to the other side of the border. what's happened to those forced to haiti. what does their arrive mean to haiti, already a burden to those on this side of the island who call it home. and where you might not expect a

clarclash or a cry of black livs matter.

>> the migrant crisis in the caribbean. we continue our look as our team traveled from santo domingo in the dominican republic to haiti. thousands of people fled over

the border have crossed it and caught in limbo with no idea what will happen to them next. correspondent david mercer now continues his report from the haiti side. >> reporter: a makeshift camp in haiti just a few minutes from the border with dominican republic. this is just one of the few camps that have sprung up in the last six months, more than 2500 people call them home. this shack made of tree branches and cardboard is all that miguelito has. from the moment he steps outside each day he feels anxious surrounded by strangers in a strange land. miguelito's routine is always the same. he goes to get water twice a day. there's one source for everyone.

then he begins to search for food. too proud to beg from his neighbors, he goes to a friend he has made asking if he has anything to spare. his friend doesn't. miguelito will not eat. now separated from his daughter who still lives in the dominican republic, miguelito says his life has ended. >> reporter: everyone in the crowded camp has a different story. some came afraid of what might happen if they remained in the dominican republic after the deadline passed to get their documents in order. according to the international

organization for migration by early december more than 25,000 people had spontaneously returned to haiti from the dominican republic. about 9500 say they were deported. around 49,000 cases by their estimates but of those more than 8300 people say they were actually born in the dominican republic. several people who were wrongfully deported have returned to the dominican republic with united nations help. the dominican government told us that nobody born there has been deported but one or two cases play have fallen through cracks. like many, harolda eli, says she was born in the dominican republic but her birth was never registered. weeks after she left, she and her husband did receive permission to stay as foreign workers but now she doesn't know

whether her children born in the dominican republic with no papers be allowed back in should she and her husband return. >> reporter: sickness is running through the camp and now cholera, too. help is urgently needed. at least 17 people have died in this region in the last three months including some in the camp and in all there have been almost 100 suspected cholera cases. the spike in cholera cases have increased fears among the international community of a wider outbreak. the world bank special envoy came to see for herself. >> we are working with the government to prevent cholera and particularly to prevent deaths from cholera.

we want to make sure it doesn't continue. >> along with international agencies, haitian charities and human rights groups regularly visit the camps. for those who witness the misery here every day it's clear where the blame lies. with haitian politicians. >> reporter: antoine says it's time to recognize the situation as a humanitarian crisis that it was hunger not cholera that claimed the first death in camp. those who live here claim that visitors come and go but nothing changes. there is in fact a plan trawn up by a numbedrawn upby different l

groups. but so far it hasn't been approved by the haitian government. the haitian government did not respond to "america tonight's" request for comment. a motor bike repair shop has sprung up so, too, a makeshift store selling provisions to those who have a few dollars. some are trying to get by making charcoal. others are taking a bigger gamble. illegally crossing back into the dominican republic. packing his bag before he returns back to the dominican republic. the 22-year-old can make almost $2 a day working in the fields more than he can in haiti.

>> reporter: jean robert, once across he will do his best to evade border guards. he times his journeys to coincide with their breaks. watching from the other side his wife worries that each time he crosses illegally he is putting his life at risk. a few kilometers from the camps, the arrival of so many people has caused anxiety. even if many are fellow haitians. some in the town also rely on food aid to survive and worry their lives will become harder.

at the camp, a moment of respite from so much uncertainty. a celebration in a shack which serves as a church. as they sing, they pray that someone will help them. but only a few dozen of the camp population come. many are losing faith. including miguelito. >> reporter: at the end of another young day, neither he nor his make neighbors expect tr

life in haiti to get better any time soon. david mercer near ansepetra, haiti. next a look at racism, where you might not expect to find it. being black in brazil and the lives that matter there. and another surprise. a faith community that grew up where you wouldn't expect it. tuesday on "america tonight," the very first mosque built in the americas. the pride of a muslim community that arrived in the 1800s in the land of pork and politics. the surprising home of the mother mosque, tuesday, on "america tonight."

>> coming up at the top of the hour right here on al jazeera america. six americans killed in a taliban attack. the deadliest day for u.s. troops in afghanistan this year. 1500 rescue workers searching for survivors in a landslide in southern china. more than 80 people still missing in that mudslide that began in a quarry filled with construction debris. a worsening of humanitarian

crisis in syria. as winter rolls in all that on "america tonight," next. >> you might think that conflict between law enforcement and communities of color is a phenomenon unique to this country but it's not. brafs which habrazil which has r homicide rate than the united states. police have killed more black brazilians in the last five years than african americans killed by u.s. police in last three decades. it is a crisis that has created a mirror message to the one we've heard so often here. black lives matter.

>> it is something people in the united states have heard about police brutality against black people. but here it is at another level because in five years, the brazilian police have killed as many people as the american police killed in 30 years. the light skinned middle class and upper middle class believes that the police are committing crime and doing it in the name of public safety. what doesn't show is that the police are oftentimes the criminal and they are terrorizing this community. and this is not only a matter of social class and economics. it's a matter of race.

other social movements are not as -- in such great risk. but this movement is particularly vulnerable because we're facing the police force. the military police. we have identified police officers who are infiltrated in civilian clothing and they're police officers with their guns in their hands.

>> the voices from brazil. that's "america tonight." tell us what you think at aljazeera.com/americatonight. you can talk to us on twitter or facebook and come back, we'll have more of "america tonight" tomorrow.

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