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this man lived for 15 years in the dominican republic, working on farms. hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, whose labour helped power an economic boom. >> translation: this is an injustice from the dominicans. for years they've been working to build the economy, and suddenly they want all of us to leave. many feel abandoned by the haiti government. people say it's a struggle to meet the basic needs. there's no food or water, the closest river is half our walk away and the hatian government has been here once to deliver food in the past two months. before we left, we lent our phone to this man to call his kids. he tells a friend caring for his children "i'm alive, i'm alive." the signal dropped. a connection lost. who knows when he'll get a chance to speak to them again >>> that's a heart-breaking storey. what support is offered to the people. >> well, the people who are here and the people at the camp that we were with the other day say little support. the man we interviewed in that story, he said the first lady came to the camp, but did not say any
this man lived for 15 years in the dominican republic, working on farms. hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, whose labour helped power an economic boom. >> translation: this is an injustice from the dominicans. for years they've been working to build the economy, and suddenly they want all of us to leave. many feel abandoned by the haiti government. people say it's a struggle to meet the basic needs. there's no food or water, the closest river is half our walk away and the hatian...
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in dominican republic. is work over there. here there is nothing. people go hungry. there is just nothing here. >> reporter: his plan now is to return to the dominican republic anyway he can. over the border there is a constant demand for cheap, haitian labor, an economic opportunity haiti has no chance of matching. >> it will continue first of all because our economy is not up to par. we cannot really give them jobs. they need the haitians. they need the low-skill haitian workers to further their economy. >> reporter: what work there is offers little pay and little chance of breaking the cycle of poverty. >> translator: life is too hard here. it's too difficult to make it here. that's why people will try to go to the dominican republic. >> reporter: haiti was once one of the richest colonies. disasters, coups, and corruption have driven the country into poverty. a poor country, with porous borders. haitians cross borders like this every day, and if they don't have the right papers they tell us they can eas
in dominican republic. is work over there. here there is nothing. people go hungry. there is just nothing here. >> reporter: his plan now is to return to the dominican republic anyway he can. over the border there is a constant demand for cheap, haitian labor, an economic opportunity haiti has no chance of matching. >> it will continue first of all because our economy is not up to par. we cannot really give them jobs. they need the haitians. they need the low-skill haitian workers...
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juan said that is not true. >> i was born in the dominican republic. was coming home from work and immigration authorities grabbed me and deported me to haiti. my children are still on the other side. it's been two months since i last saw them. >> the couple lived in barona, a three-hour drive from here. >> every day in barona they're deporting a lot of people. every day they send them to the border. >> there are signs of expansion everywhere. people are staking out whatever land they can. a pastor who has lived in this area for years showed me around the camp pointing out all the new arrives. >> in the first few days i made a list of 160 deportees who have arrived. every day the number has grown and finally i stopped counting. >> a human contradiction to the dominican republic stance. when told what we found, a dominican republic official insisted not a single person has been deported. this man said he live ford 15 years in the dominican republic working on farms. one of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers whose labor helped power an economic boo
juan said that is not true. >> i was born in the dominican republic. was coming home from work and immigration authorities grabbed me and deported me to haiti. my children are still on the other side. it's been two months since i last saw them. >> the couple lived in barona, a three-hour drive from here. >> every day in barona they're deporting a lot of people. every day they send them to the border. >> there are signs of expansion everywhere. people are staking out...
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the average income in the dominican republic is seven times that of haiti's. ministers in direct contact with the dough minute tan government say they are not getting what they need. >> translator: proper information such as how many people that will actually be deported which exactly they will deport them and on our side went to receive them on two borders, so we can mobilize our efforts in these two places. >> reporter: meanwhile, moore more and more people are coming. coming to a country that is struggling to feed and house the people already here. adam raney, al jazerra, on the dominican-haitian border. >>> no, the governor of new jersey, chris christy has joined the race to be the next president of the united states. he announced his bid for the white house as a rail at his old school in livingston, new jersey christy is the 14th republican to seek nomination. >>> bangladesh is frequently accused of being among the most corrupt countries in the world. now the government is planning to increase the pay of civil servants to try to solve the problem. in the
the average income in the dominican republic is seven times that of haiti's. ministers in direct contact with the dough minute tan government say they are not getting what they need. >> translator: proper information such as how many people that will actually be deported which exactly they will deport them and on our side went to receive them on two borders, so we can mobilize our efforts in these two places. >> reporter: meanwhile, moore more and more people are coming. coming to a...
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pulled up dominican identification documents, showing they applied to work and live in the dominican republic. some say they were reported. others admitted they crossed on their own, only because they didn't feel safe. >> immigration picked me up in the street and sent me to haiti. >> dominicans threaten to kill those that don't want to leave. haiti and the dominican republic trade accusations over who is to blame, and who is responsible. >> finally on monday they received international attention. a delegation from the organization of american states. they were immediately surrounded by people who wanted someone to hear their story, al jazeera met this person a few days ago. he had the chance to tell the oas what he told us then - that he was born in the dominican republic deported and his children are stranded there without parents. a haitian official said there's an effort to force haitian workers to leave. >> there's hands behind the movement to make the people leave, because they didn't come here. they would have been last week last month - why now. >> the head of the delegation refused t
pulled up dominican identification documents, showing they applied to work and live in the dominican republic. some say they were reported. others admitted they crossed on their own, only because they didn't feel safe. >> immigration picked me up in the street and sent me to haiti. >> dominicans threaten to kill those that don't want to leave. haiti and the dominican republic trade accusations over who is to blame, and who is responsible. >> finally on monday they received...
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. >> haiti's foreign minister is accusing the dominican republic of dumping people like dogs on the border. the dominican government said that thousands of people have left voluntaryily since the registry on june 17th, it denies deporting anyone. but there are those who say they're forced to leave and now are trying to start a new life in makeshift camps. >> a camp is growing in this dry desolate landscape. haiti just a few minutes from the dominican border. most people were living on the other side until recently. working, raising families. many now feel they're in a foreign land one they know little about where live is hard. for two months this has been home for joanis and his wife. the dominican republic said it is not deporting people. joanis said that is not true. >> i was born in the dominican republic. i was coming home from work and immigration authorities grabbed me and deported me to haiti. my children are still on the other side. it's been two lost since we last saw them. >> every day in barona they're deporting last people. every day they send them to the border. >> there are s
. >> haiti's foreign minister is accusing the dominican republic of dumping people like dogs on the border. the dominican government said that thousands of people have left voluntaryily since the registry on june 17th, it denies deporting anyone. but there are those who say they're forced to leave and now are trying to start a new life in makeshift camps. >> a camp is growing in this dry desolate landscape. haiti just a few minutes from the dominican border. most people were living...
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frank moved to the dominican republic as a boy. he was a construction worker for 20 years. >> i need help to get somewhere to live and i need help finding work. >> the government's civil protection force do visit to register new arrivals, people depend on charities for food and water. a short walk from the school, another reminder of an unfulfilled promise. >> haiti's prime minister said they would be receiving people with dignity and the government promised it was going to build reception centers for people sent here. so far at this proposed site for such a center, the only thing they've put up is a sign. >> in the government's absence and with a presidential election looming, opposition is under attack. >> the government should put these people in houses, help them get food. the way they are living now this is not the way human beings are supposed to live. >> al jazeera asked several haitian officials for interview. they didn't respond. the local pastor who found them shelter said time is running out to find a home for those livi
frank moved to the dominican republic as a boy. he was a construction worker for 20 years. >> i need help to get somewhere to live and i need help finding work. >> the government's civil protection force do visit to register new arrivals, people depend on charities for food and water. a short walk from the school, another reminder of an unfulfilled promise. >> haiti's prime minister said they would be receiving people with dignity and the government promised it was going to...
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after the dominican republic stripped citizenship of thousands of people of haitian dissent. as adam rainey reports. >> reporter: a camp is growing in this dry december lat landscape, we're in haiti just a few minutes from the dominican border. most people here were living on the other side until recently, working raising families, many now feel they're in a foreign land. one they know little about where life is hard. for two months, this has been home for juanis bonis and his wife. the dominican government says it's not deporting people but that's not true. >> translator: i was born in dominican republic. i was coming home and immigration authorities grabbed me and returned me to haiti. it's been two months since i last saw my family. >> the family lived in barona. >> every day they are detaining many people and deporting them. >> a pastor who lived in this area for many years pointed out all the new be new arrivals. >> the number has grown so finally i stopped counting. >> a human contradiction to the dominican government stance, when told what we found a dominican immigrati
after the dominican republic stripped citizenship of thousands of people of haitian dissent. as adam rainey reports. >> reporter: a camp is growing in this dry december lat landscape, we're in haiti just a few minutes from the dominican border. most people here were living on the other side until recently, working raising families, many now feel they're in a foreign land. one they know little about where life is hard. for two months, this has been home for juanis bonis and his wife. the...
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dominican republic. haiti's weak economy was devastated by that earthquake in 2010 and has struggled to are recover ever since. dominican republic, owns seven time list than on average. compared to $5,950. doomple has more glrm weary worried and unsure it will help them. does are staying shelter in this school, on the border of the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican program to stay there legally. they blame the be the haitianan immigration document. >> the school there's no privacy, no sense if they'll have a home of their own any time soon. there's unity in hardship and prayer. many look at god not as politician he as they do in latte. this man was a cruk worker for 20 years. >> i need to get somewhere to limps and i need help for work. >> people to pretent on charities for food and water. a maul, concession to ensure haiti's proposition. the government approximated a month ak it was building reception centers the only thing they've put up ss a finer. >> with the president pre
dominican republic. haiti's weak economy was devastated by that earthquake in 2010 and has struggled to are recover ever since. dominican republic, owns seven time list than on average. compared to $5,950. doomple has more glrm weary worried and unsure it will help them. does are staying shelter in this school, on the border of the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican program to stay there legally. they blame the be the haitianan immigration document. >> the...
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many people of be haitian accident say they have been deare ported from dominican republic. adam rainey is there. >> reporter: you see that this proves that they applied in the dominican republic to stay. those who applied were told they would have a 45-day window in which to hand over documents and were told they would not be deported. many saying they came voluntarily because they faced death threats from t in the dominican republic, from an angry population that just wanted to see them go. blah you have is hundreds of people amassing here, they have incorporate else to go. earlier on monday you have a delegation visit this camp from the organization of american states trying to assess what happened here, did these people get deported? what did they need? until that is filed many of these people perhaps will be living in limbo. >> a cypriot merchant ship has now rescued more immigrants. dinghy was showed at and only half of those on board escaped. >>> government's tradition recognizing top islamic schools. it says they don't provide a proper education but some are accuse t
many people of be haitian accident say they have been deare ported from dominican republic. adam rainey is there. >> reporter: you see that this proves that they applied in the dominican republic to stay. those who applied were told they would have a 45-day window in which to hand over documents and were told they would not be deported. many saying they came voluntarily because they faced death threats from t in the dominican republic, from an angry population that just wanted to see them...
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when told what we found, an dominican republic immigration spokesman said that no one has been deported. this man said he lived in dominica republic working on farms. >> this is an injustice from the dominican. for years we have worked to grow the economy. >> many feel abandoned by haties' government. many say it's a struggle just to meet their basic needs. there is no food or water here. the closest river is a half hour walk away. and the haitian government has been here once to bring food and water. we lent joanis our phone so he could talk to his kids. his friends are caring for his children. i'm alive. i'm alive. the signal dropped. the connection lost. who knows when he'll get a chance to speak to them again. >> burundi's presidential election have been postponed by nearly a week. it comes a fuse days that the u.n. warned that the president's bid for a third term could lead to more violence. the vote will now take place on july 21st. move to go somalia now where ten people were killed in attacks on two hotels in the capital of mogadishu. special forces intervened shortly after the
when told what we found, an dominican republic immigration spokesman said that no one has been deported. this man said he lived in dominica republic working on farms. >> this is an injustice from the dominican. for years we have worked to grow the economy. >> many feel abandoned by haties' government. many say it's a struggle just to meet their basic needs. there is no food or water here. the closest river is a half hour walk away. and the haitian government has been here once to...
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in the dominican republic on the border with haiti.g children a proper education and critics say it's religious discrimination as we report from mumbai. >> reporter: dedication and recitation are cornerstones of learning at this traditional islamic school. but that's not enough for the state government here. it has taken away recognition from this and other islamic schools in the state as being educational institutes saying they don't teach an acceptable curriculum and students here disagree. >> translator: all i know is that we learn here so in life we can strengthen our faith and make a good part for ourselves and our country. >> reporter: some students on that path have had problems finding work after graduation such as jamal who studied for nine years at a traditional islamic school in mumbai and unable to get a teaching job he is now learning the family business. >> translator: when i left i spent months looking for a job but after a year i decided to work in the shop. if i had go to english school i would have found a job. >> rep
in the dominican republic on the border with haiti.g children a proper education and critics say it's religious discrimination as we report from mumbai. >> reporter: dedication and recitation are cornerstones of learning at this traditional islamic school. but that's not enough for the state government here. it has taken away recognition from this and other islamic schools in the state as being educational institutes saying they don't teach an acceptable curriculum and students here...
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the 22-year-old father is proud of what his family has built and prouder still to call the dominican republic home. now they could lose everything. he has been stripped of his dominican citizenship because his parents are undocumented immigrants. when he tried orenew his birth certificate it was taken from him. his family is facing deportation from santa rita to haiti. >> i don't know where i'm going so go. my father has been here 50 years. i don't have any friends in haiti. only heard about haiti from others. >> his father oscar work in the sugar cane fields and now depends on his children. his children have no papers. they are afraid they'll be expelled to a place where they don't even know the language. >> i don't go anywhere because i'm afraid. i'm scared. people here don't go out on the street here at day or night and i think the same way. >> activists at st. charles have been going from community to community helping families enroll in the government programs that would allow them to stay. they have two options. produce documents to register as foreign workers or, for those born here, p
the 22-year-old father is proud of what his family has built and prouder still to call the dominican republic home. now they could lose everything. he has been stripped of his dominican citizenship because his parents are undocumented immigrants. when he tried orenew his birth certificate it was taken from him. his family is facing deportation from santa rita to haiti. >> i don't know where i'm going so go. my father has been here 50 years. i don't have any friends in haiti. only heard...
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dozens are taking refuge at this school just inside haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration program to stay there legally. despite that they say they were deported anyway. they claim the dominican government and also the haitian government for failing to provide documents which would have allowed them to stay. >> translator: i went three times to apply for my haitian passport so i could register my children. they don't have any documents. >> reporter: and now they don't have their mother. she can't go back to the dominican republic and without immigration documents they can't come here. there is no privacy no sense if they will have a home of their own any time soon. there's unity in hardship and prayer. many look at god not at politicians as many do in haiti. frank moved to the dominican republic as a boy. he was a construction worker for 20 years. >> translator: i need help to get somewhere to live and i need help looking for work. >> reporter: people depend on charities for food and water. a short walk from the school,
dozens are taking refuge at this school just inside haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration program to stay there legally. despite that they say they were deported anyway. they claim the dominican government and also the haitian government for failing to provide documents which would have allowed them to stay. >> translator: i went three times to apply for my haitian passport so i could register my children. they don't have...
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. >> i'm adam raney near the dominican republic border. government insists it has not begun to deport people but many in this camp say they were forced to come here. >> in sport the world cup winner on his way from munich to manchester. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. - about an hour. get reliable internet that's up to five times faster than dsl from the phone company. call 800-501-6000 to switch today. perks are nice. but the best thing you can give your business is comcast business. comcast business. built for business. >> putting loved ones in a nursing home... hoping for the best. >> my father died because of the neglect. >> are they betraying your trust? >> it's a for-profit business. ♪ >> meetings in brussels suggest they've playing down expectation of any immediate decision. are they confident that a deal will be reached
. >> i'm adam raney near the dominican republic border. government insists it has not begun to deport people but many in this camp say they were forced to come here. >> in sport the world cup winner on his way from munich to manchester. this is a great place to work. not because they have yoga meetings and a juice bar. because they're getting comcast business internet. comcast business offers convenient installation appointments that work around your schedule. and it takes- done. -...
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the dominican republic says no one has been deported. they must leave if they haven't done so. >> reporter: proof they wanted to stay. dozens of people at this camp pulled up dominican issued identification documents saying they applied for permission to keep working and living in the republic. some say they were deported, others admit they crossed on their own. only because they didn't feel safe. >> translator: immigration authorities picked me up and sent me to haiti. >> reporter: however they got here, they are stuck. as haiti and dominican republic trade accusations over who is to blame and who is responsible. they received some international attention. a delegation from the organization of american states. immediately they were surrounded by people who wanted someone to hear their story. al jazeera met this man a few days ago. he was born in the dominican republic, he was deported and now his children are stranded there without their parents. one official said there is a deliberate effort to force nation workers to leave. >> there a
the dominican republic says no one has been deported. they must leave if they haven't done so. >> reporter: proof they wanted to stay. dozens of people at this camp pulled up dominican issued identification documents saying they applied for permission to keep working and living in the republic. some say they were deported, others admit they crossed on their own. only because they didn't feel safe. >> translator: immigration authorities picked me up and sent me to haiti. >>...
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and the dominican republic accused of dumping people like dogs on its border. hello, there are still major trust issues between the greek government and its international creditors. those were the words of the eurogroup president as he and fellow foreign ministers met to consider last ditch efforts to avoid greek bankruptcy. greece has asked for $54 tbl to cover the country-z $54 billion to cover the country's debts for the last four years. but some believe they would feed much more than that. on top of the $240 billion, and it would add to the total debt mountain of 3 twl 20 billion euros. -- 320 billion euros. first symon's report on the day's developments so far. >> finance ministers arrived in brussels to pass judgment on greek's proposals. >> i think we're here to make a lot more progress. >> but liberals from alexis tsipras'salexistsipras's own party voting against it. higher taxes spending cuts. do finance ministers believe greece can deliver? >> there is of course a major question of trust can the greeks be promised to do what they are promising to impl
and the dominican republic accused of dumping people like dogs on its border. hello, there are still major trust issues between the greek government and its international creditors. those were the words of the eurogroup president as he and fellow foreign ministers met to consider last ditch efforts to avoid greek bankruptcy. greece has asked for $54 tbl to cover the country-z $54 billion to cover the country's debts for the last four years. but some believe they would feed much more than that....
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didn't feel safe. >> translator: immigration authorities picked me up on the street in the dominican republict me to haiti. >> translator: dominicans threaten to kill those that don't want to leave. >> reporter: how are they got here, they are stuck. as hay and the dominican republic trade accusations over who is to blame and who is now responsible. finally on monday, they received some international attention. a delegation from the organization of american states. immediately they were surrounded by people who wanted someone to hear their story. >> reporter: al jazerra met him a few days ago now he had a chance to tell the oas what he told us then. that he was born in the dominican republic, that he was deported and now his children are stranded there without their parents. one haitian official said there is a deliberate effort in the dominican remember i can to force haitian workers to leave. >> there are hands behind that movement to make the people leave. because they didn't come here. they would have done last week. they would have done it last month or two months ago why now? >> reporte
didn't feel safe. >> translator: immigration authorities picked me up on the street in the dominican republict me to haiti. >> translator: dominicans threaten to kill those that don't want to leave. >> reporter: how are they got here, they are stuck. as hay and the dominican republic trade accusations over who is to blame and who is now responsible. finally on monday, they received some international attention. a delegation from the organization of american states. immediately...
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, last year's national income was estimated to be $9 billion, compared to 64 billion in the dominican republic. haiti's week economy was devastated by an earthquake in 2010. it has struggled to recover. latest figures show 41% of hatians are unemployed compared to 15%. and hatians earn 7-times less than dominicans on average. 850 compared to $5,950 in the dominican republic. many hatians have crossed the border in search of a better life. cm have been deported after a crack down. adam raney reports from a place where many are forced to take refuge. >> weary, worried and unsure who will help them. dozens are taking refuge at a school inside haiti, on the border with the dominican republic. some are enrolled in a dominican education programme, to stay there legally. despite that they say they were reported anyway. they blame the dominican republic and the hatian republic for failing to provide documents. >> translation: i went three times to apply for my haitian passport. i registered my children. they don't have documents. >> reporter: they don't have their mother she can't go back and without
, last year's national income was estimated to be $9 billion, compared to 64 billion in the dominican republic. haiti's week economy was devastated by an earthquake in 2010. it has struggled to recover. latest figures show 41% of hatians are unemployed compared to 15%. and hatians earn 7-times less than dominicans on average. 850 compared to $5,950 in the dominican republic. many hatians have crossed the border in search of a better life. cm have been deported after a crack down. adam raney...
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for generations, they have filled some of the lowest paying jobs in the dominican republic.we have this report from the haitian border. >> the one thing he can provide for his family is water. this well sits a few meters outside his home. a one room shack he shares with five others, a place he never wanted to return to. earlier this year, he was deported, he says, a steady job and regular pay gone. >> life is better in the dominican republic. there's work there. here there's nothing no work here, people go hungry. kids don't have anything and are always crying. there is just nothing here. >> his plan now is to return to the dominican republic any way he can. over the border, there is a constant demand for cheap haitian labor an economic opportunity haiti has no chance of matching and which continues to drive haitians to leave. >> it will continue, first of all, because our economy is not up to par. we cannot really give them jobs. they need the haitians. they need the skill of haitian workers to further the economy. >> what work there is offers little pay and little chance o
for generations, they have filled some of the lowest paying jobs in the dominican republic.we have this report from the haitian border. >> the one thing he can provide for his family is water. this well sits a few meters outside his home. a one room shack he shares with five others, a place he never wanted to return to. earlier this year, he was deported, he says, a steady job and regular pay gone. >> life is better in the dominican republic. there's work there. here there's nothing...
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is enjoying his freedom >>> undocumented hatians are still trying to cross into neighbouring dominican republic to live and work. even though they face deportation. for generations hatians and people of haitian consent is fuelling low paying jobs in the republic. rain reports from the haitian border. >> reporter: the one thing this man nose he can provide for his family in haiti is water. this well sits a few meters outside his home. a one-room shack he shares with five others a place he never wanted to return to. earlier this year he was deported he said a steady job on a sfarm gone >> translation: there's work over there, hits there's nothing. kids don't have anything they are crying. >> reporter: his plan to to return to the dominican republic any way he can. e over the border there is a demand for cheap dominican labour. something that haitians can't compete with. >> they need the hatians, the low skilled hairp workers to further the economy. >> what work there is offers little pay and chance of breaking the cycle of poverty. life is too hard. it's too difficult to make it here. that's why
is enjoying his freedom >>> undocumented hatians are still trying to cross into neighbouring dominican republic to live and work. even though they face deportation. for generations hatians and people of haitian consent is fuelling low paying jobs in the republic. rain reports from the haitian border. >> reporter: the one thing this man nose he can provide for his family in haiti is water. this well sits a few meters outside his home. a one-room shack he shares with five others a...
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some have been deported from the dominican republic after an immigration crackdown there.m raney reports there from the shooiingsd of the border where many have been forced to take refuge. >> reporter: weary, worried, and unsure who will help them dozens are taking refuge at this school just inside haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration program to stay there legally. despite that they say they were deported anyway. they blame the dominican government and, also the haitian government for failing provide documents that would allowed them to stay. >> i went three times to register my children. don't have any documents. >> reporter: now, don'ts have their mother. she can't go back to the dominican republic. without immigration documents, they can't come here. at the school there is no privacy. no sense they will have a home of their own. there is unity and hardship and prayer. many look to god, not politicians, as they often do in haiti. frank dosobi removed -- moved there as a boy. he was a construction worker fo
some have been deported from the dominican republic after an immigration crackdown there.m raney reports there from the shooiingsd of the border where many have been forced to take refuge. >> reporter: weary, worried, and unsure who will help them dozens are taking refuge at this school just inside haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration program to stay there legally. despite that they say they were deported anyway. they blame...
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dozens take refuge at this school in haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration programme to stay there legally. despite that, they say they were deported anyway. they blame the dom can and haitian government for failing to provide documents that would allow them to stay. >> i wept three times to apply for a passport so i could register my children. though don't have documents. >> reporter: now they don't have their mother she can't go back to the dub lek, and without -- dominican republic and without documents they can't come here. at the school there's no privacy or sense that they'll have a home of their own soon. there's unity, hardship and prayer. many look to god, not politicians, as they often do in haiti. this man moved to dominican republic as a boy, and was a construction worker for 20 years. >> i need help to get somewhere to life and to find work. >> reporter: the government's civil protection force visit to register arrivals but people depend on charities for food and water. a short walk from the s
dozens take refuge at this school in haiti on the border with the dominican republic. some told us they enrolled in a dominican immigration programme to stay there legally. despite that, they say they were deported anyway. they blame the dom can and haitian government for failing to provide documents that would allow them to stay. >> i wept three times to apply for a passport so i could register my children. though don't have documents. >> reporter: now they don't have their mother...
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you have many poor desperate people who have been working for years in dominican republic. they in good faith applied for this program. some say they were deported. others say they left on their own, but they left behind a life they had built because they were fearful for their lives. there is no basic running water here. they there is very little food. they rely on going into town a half hour walk from here or to a river, a half hour walk to get supplies. the delegation that were hearsay they were unable to say whether they believe any of these people's claims, that they were deported. there are other organizations looking--there is a lot of international pressure on the dominican republic, on haiti because both governments are basically trading accusations but really neither doing much for these people. we see hundreds at this camp, but the number may be in the thousands of other camps around the border area. this is a pretty desperate situation. people are having a hard time. they're wondering where they're going to go to next. right now it's not clear at all. >> thank y
you have many poor desperate people who have been working for years in dominican republic. they in good faith applied for this program. some say they were deported. others say they left on their own, but they left behind a life they had built because they were fearful for their lives. there is no basic running water here. they there is very little food. they rely on going into town a half hour walk from here or to a river, a half hour walk to get supplies. the delegation that were hearsay they...
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this man said he live ford 15 years in the dominican republic working on farms. e of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers whose labor helped power an economic boom. >> this is an injustice from the dominican. for years we've been working to build the economy and suddenly they want all of us to leave. >> many also feel abandoned by haiti's government. the people have come hearsay it's a struggle just to meet their basic needs. there is no food or water here. the closest river is a half hour walk away and the haitian government was only been here once in the past two months to deliver food. before we left we lent joanis our phone to try to call his phones. he tellscall--to call his kids. the signal dropped. the connection lost. who knows when he'll get a chance to speak to them again. adam raney al jazeera, haiti. >> and this is the catholic hope pope francis delivering mass in paraguay's most important pilgrimage site. francis is on the final leg of his south american tour. let's go out to lucia newman. pope francis has been highlighting the plight of the poor.
this man said he live ford 15 years in the dominican republic working on farms. e of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers whose labor helped power an economic boom. >> this is an injustice from the dominican. for years we've been working to build the economy and suddenly they want all of us to leave. >> many also feel abandoned by haiti's government. the people have come hearsay it's a struggle just to meet their basic needs. there is no food or water here. the closest river is...
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life is much better in the dominican republic than haiti. average income is seven times that of haitis. haitian ministers in direct contact with the government say they are not getting what they need. >> translator: proper information such as how many people will actually be deported. we want to receive them on two borders so we can mobilize our efforts in these two places. >> reporter: meanwhile more and more people are coming to a country that is struggling to feed and house the people already here. adam raney, al jazeera, on the dominican haitian border. >>> the indian government is launching a new program that allows people to digitally store documents. it is designed to eliminate the large stack of paper needed for any government work. >> reporter: the program is meant to change what you see here. people with stacksover documents needed just to get basic government work done. under the digital locker plan all-important documents such as licenses and birth certificates will be stored electronically. with the goal of making services avail
life is much better in the dominican republic than haiti. average income is seven times that of haitis. haitian ministers in direct contact with the government say they are not getting what they need. >> translator: proper information such as how many people will actually be deported. we want to receive them on two borders so we can mobilize our efforts in these two places. >> reporter: meanwhile more and more people are coming to a country that is struggling to feed and house the...
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they and the dominican republic share the dominican island. last year's national income was estimated to be $9 billion compared to $64 billion in the dominican republic. >> the pope is celebrating a mass in one hour. we are live in paraguay. it's the pope's last mass. what do people want to hear from him? >> it is taking place right now. there are i would say at least a million people. in that place is absolutely packed with pilgrims who have come from all over paraguay. in fact, even from neighboring argentina, the pope's home country. people tell us that they want to hear more of his social gospel, which he hope the president there and the rest of their government willis to in the front row. the people in the field say that the pope's social gospel in favor of the poor, the dispossessed, the people without land, without homes has to really hilt the hearts, they say of their leaders, and the pope has been talking about that since he arrived in south america, nearly a week ago over and over again. he also spoke out very forcefully against corr
they and the dominican republic share the dominican island. last year's national income was estimated to be $9 billion compared to $64 billion in the dominican republic. >> the pope is celebrating a mass in one hour. we are live in paraguay. it's the pope's last mass. what do people want to hear from him? >> it is taking place right now. there are i would say at least a million people. in that place is absolutely packed with pilgrims who have come from all over paraguay. in fact,...
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pedro martinez fans from the dominican republic celebrating in coopers time five times, the lowest e.r.a. in the league. >> nice suit. >> most time the most strikeouts, also a nice suit, representing the dominican republic, of course. >> i'm so humbled to be a member of the national league national baseball hall of fame. i'm honored by so many of my family members. to be here in cooperstown is not something i ever dreamt. >> so many things that i would like to say that i don't know if i will find the words in spanish or english. but my god, i'm thankful. i'm thankful for everything. >> all right look, we know home is where the heart is that's nice. how about some goals? d.c. unite cod use some, black and red own the road ament mo, five games, two competitions, only found the net three times for one win. d.c. united returned home to rfk stadium to play if i recall, looking for a change of offense, with change in its lineup. making his debut for d.c. united, coming over to trade last week, things did not start well for black and red. cj saab bong in front beats steve burn baum the defender
pedro martinez fans from the dominican republic celebrating in coopers time five times, the lowest e.r.a. in the league. >> nice suit. >> most time the most strikeouts, also a nice suit, representing the dominican republic, of course. >> i'm so humbled to be a member of the national league national baseball hall of fame. i'm honored by so many of my family members. to be here in cooperstown is not something i ever dreamt. >> so many things that i would like to say that i...
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. >>> thousands of haitians are demanding a boycott of products from neighboring dominican republic. they protest against the deportation of haitian migrants and migrants of haitian die descent. it could leave 200,000 people in legal limbo and stateless. >> there are hundreds of kids and mothers and people just being brought back from the dominican republic and this is racism. this is a humanitarian crisis. this is something that a country does not do. does not do. they were born there and are dominicans, and they have no right to do what they're doing to them. >>> more than a dozens of pair guy named themselves to wooden crosses after losing their jobs. they say they will continue the protest until dozens of fired transport workers are reinstated. >>> venezuelan opposition leader ma macado will fight a ruling barring her from elections. elections are due in december in venezuela. polls show the opposition is leading as many say they're tired of chronic shortages of inflation. >>> there's a growing sfut in the u.s. over the cause of death of a black woman in custody. she was pulled o
. >>> thousands of haitians are demanding a boycott of products from neighboring dominican republic. they protest against the deportation of haitian migrants and migrants of haitian die descent. it could leave 200,000 people in legal limbo and stateless. >> there are hundreds of kids and mothers and people just being brought back from the dominican republic and this is racism. this is a humanitarian crisis. this is something that a country does not do. does not do. they were born...
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life is much better in the dominican republic than haiti. the average income in the bottom republican is seven times that of haitis. haitian ministers in direct contact with the dominican government say they are not getting what they need. >> proper information, how much people will be deported, when they will deport them and on side, we want to receive them on two borders so we can mobilize efforts in these two places. >> meanwhile more and more people are coming, coming to a country that is struggling to feed and house the people already here. al jazeera on the dominican-haitian border. >> still to come, tinkering with time a leap second has been added to the world's clocks. we'll explain. >> in sport we'll tell you why one top seed has withdrawn from wimbledon. >> these people have decided that today they will be arrested. >> i know that i'm being surveilled. >> people are not getting the care that they need. >> this is a crime against humanity. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> hands up... >> don't shoot. >> what do we want? >> justice.
life is much better in the dominican republic than haiti. the average income in the bottom republican is seven times that of haitis. haitian ministers in direct contact with the dominican government say they are not getting what they need. >> proper information, how much people will be deported, when they will deport them and on side, we want to receive them on two borders so we can mobilize efforts in these two places. >> meanwhile more and more people are coming, coming to a...
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. >> reporter: de la cruz emigrated from the dominican republic at age nine. after high school, he worked as an airplane mechanic at j.f.k. airport. >> and throughout that time i was sending money back home in some way shape or form. >> reporter: how much usually? >> it really varies, anywhere from $200, $300. >> reporter: in 2012, the pew research center says immigrants in the u.s. sent over $120 billion abroad. but instead of sending cash, de la cruz' startup regalii, a play on the spanish word for gift, allows immigrants to directly pay bills for family and friends back home. >> instead of sending cash and having your grandmother, your aunt on the other side having to go pick up the money and having to go somewhere else to pay her electricity, her gas, her water we enable immigrants here to control their families' finances there. >> reporter: traditionally money transfer operators wire cash from one storefront, like this one in the bronx, to a storefront in, say, the dominican republic. regalii uses that same network but eliminates the storefront on the rec
. >> reporter: de la cruz emigrated from the dominican republic at age nine. after high school, he worked as an airplane mechanic at j.f.k. airport. >> and throughout that time i was sending money back home in some way shape or form. >> reporter: how much usually? >> it really varies, anywhere from $200, $300. >> reporter: in 2012, the pew research center says immigrants in the u.s. sent over $120 billion abroad. but instead of sending cash, de la cruz' startup...
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. >>> thousands of haitians are demanding a boycott of products from neighboring dominican republic.een marking in the capital port-au-prince protesting against the controversial immigration policy. activists say the policy could leave up to 200,000 people, most of them haitians, in legal limb poe or stateless. >> there are hundreds of kids and mothers and people just being brought back from the dominican republic and this is racism. this is a human humanitarian crisis there is something that i country does not do. these people remember born there and are dominicans and they have no right do what they are doing do them 123-4678 thousands of sewer cleaners are risking their lives every month in the indian city of mumbai because of a back of simple safety gear. faiz jamil reports now from mumbai. >> reporter: it's a disgusting job. but several tiles a month, he has to do it. several meters down, he removes a mixture of rubbish and human wastes with just a t-shirt shorts and stamina. it's the reality of for sewer cleaners across move die buy and parts of india. >> translator: we just us
. >>> thousands of haitians are demanding a boycott of products from neighboring dominican republic.een marking in the capital port-au-prince protesting against the controversial immigration policy. activists say the policy could leave up to 200,000 people, most of them haitians, in legal limb poe or stateless. >> there are hundreds of kids and mothers and people just being brought back from the dominican republic and this is racism. this is a human humanitarian crisis there is...
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cards like this, small once of ones, be asking for permission to stay nut dominican republic. those who applied applied were told they would not be deported during the process, despite that, many holding these cards say they were deported. others came voluntarily say they faced death threats from an angry population that just wanted to see them go. either way what you have are hundreds of people amassing at this camp and others on the border because they literally e-literalhave nowhere else to go. until the report is published the organization of american states says that many of these people perhaps will be living in limbo. >> there is a massive manhunt in mexico for the man joaquin guzman. the second jailbreak for the head of the sinaloa cartel. mexico's president on a trip to france has ordered an investigation. >> translator: i have given instruction he to the attorney general's office of the republic to carry out a thorough investigation to determine if the officials were explicit or involved in this incident which allowed this criminal to escape. >> be draft law critics
cards like this, small once of ones, be asking for permission to stay nut dominican republic. those who applied applied were told they would not be deported during the process, despite that, many holding these cards say they were deported. others came voluntarily say they faced death threats from an angry population that just wanted to see them go. either way what you have are hundreds of people amassing at this camp and others on the border because they literally e-literalhave nowhere else to...
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adam rainey has the story at the border of haiti and dominican republic. >> some told us they enrolled in a dplin dominican program to allow them to stay there legally but were deported anyway. >> i went three times to apply for my haitian passport, they don't have any documents. >> reporter: now they don't have their mother. without immigration documents they can't come here. at the school there's no privacy. no sense if they'll have a home of their own any time soon. there's unity in hardship and prayer. looks at god not politicians as they do in haiti. frank moved to the dominican republic when he was a boy. >> i need help getting work. >> people depend on charities for food and water. a short walk from the school, another reminder of an as yet unfulfilled promise. haiti's prime minister said that three would be receiving people with dignity and the government promised a month ago that it was going to be building reception centers for people sent here. but so far at this proposed site for such a sensor the only thing they put up was a sign. with the government's absence and an elect
adam rainey has the story at the border of haiti and dominican republic. >> some told us they enrolled in a dplin dominican program to allow them to stay there legally but were deported anyway. >> i went three times to apply for my haitian passport, they don't have any documents. >> reporter: now they don't have their mother. without immigration documents they can't come here. at the school there's no privacy. no sense if they'll have a home of their own any time soon. there's...
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. >> that is the latin dance originated in the dominican republic. >> all kind of styles of dancing.special thing to come. >> no, you can come with comfortable shoes. >> just wear your sweats. >> sound like fun. how long, the whole festival. >> it his case, starts tonight and goes to sunday. >> okay. >> there is some hip-hop in here, look at this. >> what is this. >> i'm going to go. >> this is second annual one. >> yes. >> how many people are you expecting. >> over 750. >> are there tickets left. >> yes. >> go to the web site. >> good lord. >> i'm mess more rised. >> well now. >> you know, he is from the dominican republic. >> and he is a world champion dancer. both of them are. >> we can tell. >> what is happening here. >> exactly. >> that is it. >> it starts tonight guys. >> we will see you at the preparty tonight. >> that is right. >> what do you say. >> we are finish looking like. that seriously? you're not at all concerned? about what now? oh, i don't know. the apocalypse? we're fine. i bundled renter's with my car insurance through progressive for just six bucks more a month.
. >> that is the latin dance originated in the dominican republic. >> all kind of styles of dancing.special thing to come. >> no, you can come with comfortable shoes. >> just wear your sweats. >> sound like fun. how long, the whole festival. >> it his case, starts tonight and goes to sunday. >> okay. >> there is some hip-hop in here, look at this. >> what is this. >> i'm going to go. >> this is second annual one. >> yes....
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there was real demand for the dominican republic itineraries as well.nald, can you talk about the infrastructure in havana to accommodate large cruise ships like fathom? what investors will be needed to make this happen? using one ofm is our ships being redeployed, a beautiful ship, carries about 700 guests. a ship of that size we have already chartered and it needs additional work before we sale in may 2016. we can see that being readily accommodated at a number of ports. over time, with the embargo is lifted, and we see this is the first step, not just for us but for the industry overall, obviously, to take larger ships. port development will have to occur but the cubans are very much aware of that and we look forward to working with them and others in our industry to do just that. alix: that was carnival ceo arnold donald speaking to scarlet fu. coming up, one of the most powerful women in silicon valley is joining surveymonkey's board. more on sheryl sandberg's new job. ♪ alix: welcome back to the bloomberg market day. i am alix steel. we are 15 min
there was real demand for the dominican republic itineraries as well.nald, can you talk about the infrastructure in havana to accommodate large cruise ships like fathom? what investors will be needed to make this happen? using one ofm is our ships being redeployed, a beautiful ship, carries about 700 guests. a ship of that size we have already chartered and it needs additional work before we sale in may 2016. we can see that being readily accommodated at a number of ports. over time, with the...
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this than any country in europe. >> that's important to remember in the midst of this, the dominican republic, forced explosion of people based on a court order that talks about facial features, okay? literally in the court order, if you have full lips and an african nose, okay, you could end up on the wrong bus out of the country. when you compare that to the 14th amendment that says hey, if you're born here you're a citizen, that's a great thing. >> if you go back to when john bing ham framed the 14th amendment, it was so perfectly drafted of the dread scott decision. so looking at this saying we have this decision that says a group of people can never be citizens here, how are we going to radically alter that? the civil rights act of 1866 is passed providing equal rights and so on and people are not entirely sure it's constitutional and it's not until the amendment is ratified after that. the people passed the law like supreme court may validate that. let's put an amendment into the constitution that says this law retroactively did the right thing. >> you're someone who it was born somewhe
this than any country in europe. >> that's important to remember in the midst of this, the dominican republic, forced explosion of people based on a court order that talks about facial features, okay? literally in the court order, if you have full lips and an african nose, okay, you could end up on the wrong bus out of the country. when you compare that to the 14th amendment that says hey, if you're born here you're a citizen, that's a great thing. >> if you go back to when john...
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. >>> the pope's former ambassador to the dominican republic faces criminal child sex charges.in court this hour accused of paying minors for sex acts and child pornography. delia gallagher joins us now from low pressurerome with more on this. >> reporter: we have a bit of an interesting twist to this story just as the trial was about to begin. the italian news agency is reporting and we are working to confirm with the vatican that he was meant to be on trial this morning has been taken to the hospital and is in intensive care. this is news from just a few minutes ago. we are working to confirm that with the vatican. if that is the case it is likely of course that the defense will likely ask for a postponement of this trial. when i spoke to the lawyer on thursday, the defense lawyer for mr. wesolowski he said his defendant intended to participate in the trial. so this news that his client has been taken to the hospital might put a twist into the trial. but what we do know that this is the criminal -- i'm sorry? >> go ahead. >> reporter: it remains to be seen what is happening.
. >>> the pope's former ambassador to the dominican republic faces criminal child sex charges.in court this hour accused of paying minors for sex acts and child pornography. delia gallagher joins us now from low pressurerome with more on this. >> reporter: we have a bit of an interesting twist to this story just as the trial was about to begin. the italian news agency is reporting and we are working to confirm with the vatican that he was meant to be on trial this morning has...
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they are protesting haitians being deported from the dominican republic. the dominican government says it's cracking down on illegal immigration from neighboring haiti. >>> next at 6:00 homeowners targeted. what you need to know to prevent you from falling for a mortgage scheme that's targeted folks in south jersey. >>> i'm tracking showers as you plan for your holiday weekend. >>> fake loan modification programs rake in millions of dollars from victims trying to save their homes. the nbc 10 investigators found some local people struggling to keep a roof over their heads. investigative reporter harry hairston is here with what you should look out for when modifying your home loan. harry? >> reporter: well the feds say these can be elaborate schemes. some look real like real government programs and even use president obama's name. carol says she and her family put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into building their home. >> it's more than a building. it's where our hearts belong. where our hearts have been for over 25 years. >> reporter: but home as she know
they are protesting haitians being deported from the dominican republic. the dominican government says it's cracking down on illegal immigration from neighboring haiti. >>> next at 6:00 homeowners targeted. what you need to know to prevent you from falling for a mortgage scheme that's targeted folks in south jersey. >>> i'm tracking showers as you plan for your holiday weekend. >>> fake loan modification programs rake in millions of dollars from victims trying to save...
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amy: in news from the dominican republic, hundreds of haitians rallied and protested to demand the return of over $100,000, which they say was paid to secure immigration papers that never arrived. earlier this year, the dominican republic stripped hundreds of thousands of haitians of their legal status and announced that it would begin deporting those who did not secure proper immigration papers. the move set thousands scrambling to secure papers, but now many say that although they paid for the documents, they have not yet arrived. jesus nunez, the coordinator of the national union of sugarcane workers, spoke at the protest. jesus: we are calling for the 4,608,000 pesos that were deposited in the name of the haitian embassy to be returned. until now, not one sugarcane worker has a certificate, identity card, or a passport. amy: in finland, as many as 15,000 people attended rallies and protests tuesday to denounce recent comments by an elected official that multiculturalism was quote "a nightmare." the lawmaker is from the finns party, the second-largest in parliament, which has backed st
amy: in news from the dominican republic, hundreds of haitians rallied and protested to demand the return of over $100,000, which they say was paid to secure immigration papers that never arrived. earlier this year, the dominican republic stripped hundreds of thousands of haitians of their legal status and announced that it would begin deporting those who did not secure proper immigration papers. the move set thousands scrambling to secure papers, but now many say that although they paid for...