Editing Dominican Republic (section)

===Immigration in the 20th and 21st centuries===
{{Main|Japanese settlement in the Dominican Republic|Ethnic Chinese in the Dominican Republic|History of the Jews in the Dominican Republic}}
[[File:Colonia Japonesa.jpg|thumb|Family of [[Japanese settlement in the Dominican Republic|Japanese Dominicans]] in the [[Constanza, Dominican Republic|Constanza]] neighbourhood.]]

In the 20th century, many [[Arab]]s (from [[Lebanon]], [[Syria]], and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]]),<ref name="Lebanon-migrants-register">{{cite web|last=González Hernández|first=Julio Amable|title=Registro de Inmigrantes de El Líbano|url=http://www.idg.org.do/capsulas/agosto2012/agosto201211.htm|work=Cápsulas Genealógicas en Areíto|publisher=Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía|access-date=May 28, 2013|location=Santo Domingo|language=es|date=August 11, 2012|quote=Recientemente conocimos un trabajo que se está llevando a cabo en el Club Libanés Sirio Palestino y que consiste en la elaboración de un minucioso registro de todos los inmigrantes que llegaron a la República Dominicana procedentes de El Líbano a fines del siglo XIX y principios del XX. (...) En menor grado, también se está recabando información de los inmigrantes procedentes de Siria y Palestina. Hasta el presente, ya se tienen registros de unos 600 libaneses, 200 palestinos y 200 sirios. (...) Se calcula que en República Dominicana existen unos 80,000 descendientes de esos inmigrantes que una vez dejaron sus tierras para buscar una vida mejor.|archive-date=August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816045056/http://www.idg.org.do/capsulas/agosto2012/agosto201211.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Japanese, and, to a lesser degree, [[Koreans]] settled in the country as agricultural laborers and merchants. The Chinese companies found business in telecom, mining, and railroads. The Arab community is rising at an increasing rate and is estimated at 80,000.<ref name="Lebanon-migrants-register" />

Immigrant groups in the country include [[Southwest Asia|West Asians]]—mostly [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]], [[Syrian people|Syrians]], and [[Palestinian people|Palestinians]]; the current president, Luis Abinader, is of Lebanese descent.<ref name="Irrizarri">{{cite web|url=http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/09/26/ldquo-arrepiento-del-tiempo-que-dedique-politica.-fue-esteril-frustranterdquo|title=José Rafael Abinader: "Me arrepiento del tiempo que le dediqué a la política"|last=Irrizarri|first=Evelyn|date=September 26, 2013|publisher=El Caribe|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814105936/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/09/26/ldquo-arrepiento-del-tiempo-que-dedique-politica.-fue-esteril-frustranterdquo|archive-date=August 14, 2014|access-date=August 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Levinson" /> East Asians, [[Koreans]],<ref name=migration>[[Migration Policy Institute]]</ref> [[Ethnic Chinese in the Dominican Republic|ethnic Chinese]] and [[Japanese settlement in the Dominican Republic|Japanese]], can also be found.<ref name="Levinson" /> Europeans are represented mostly by [[Spanish people|Spanish]] whites but also with smaller populations of [[Germans]],<ref name=migration/> [[Italian people|Italians]], [[French people|French]], [[British people|British]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/caribbean.stm |title=Brits Abroad |access-date=August 3, 2010 |work=BBC News |date=December 6, 2006 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612145922/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/in_depth/brits_abroad/html/caribbean.stm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=migration/> [[Dutch people|Dutch]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]],<ref name=migration/> [[Russians]],<ref name=migration/> and [[Hungarian people|Hungarians]].<ref name="Levinson">{{cite book |title=Ethnic groups worldwide: a ready reference handbook |first=David |last=Levinson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uwi-rv3VV6cC&pg=PA345 |pages=345–6 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-57356-019-1 |access-date=June 27, 2015 |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010042/https://books.google.com/books?id=uwi-rv3VV6cC&pg=PA345 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition, there are descendants of immigrants who came from other Caribbean islands, including [[St. Kitts and Nevis]], [[Antigua]], [[Saint Vincent (island)|St. Vincent]], [[Montserrat]], [[Tortola]], [[Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Croix]], [[St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands|St. Thomas]], and [[Guadeloupe]]. They are known locally as ''[[Cocolo]]s''. They worked on sugarcane plantations and docks and settled mainly in the cities of [[San Pedro de Macorís]] and [[Puerto Plata (city)|Puerto Plata]]. Puerto Rican, and to a lesser extent, Cuban immigrants fled to the Dominican Republic from the mid-1800s until about 1940 due to a poor economy and social unrest in their respective home countries.<ref>{{cite thesis | url=https://catalogo.uasd.edu.do/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17104 | title=Inmigración de puertorriqueños en República Dominicana, período 1890 - 1920 | date=December 13, 2023 | last1=Guerrero | first1=Leovigildo Javier | last2=HernáNdez Cabreja | first2=Jorge | access-date=November 30, 2023 | archive-date=September 28, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928220025/https://catalogo.uasd.edu.do/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=17104 | url-status=live }}</ref> Many Puerto Rican immigrants settled in [[Higüey (city)|Higüey]], among other cities, and quickly assimilated due to similar culture. Before and during World War II, 800 Jewish refugees moved to the Dominican Republic.<ref name="SosuaJewishStudies">{{cite press release|title=CCNY Jewish Studies Class to Visit Dominican Village that Provided Refuge to European Jews During World War II|publisher=[[City College of New York]]|url=http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/pr/Sosua-Jewish-Studies.cfm|date=November 13, 2006|access-date=August 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510103344/http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/pr/Sosua-Jewish-Studies.cfm|archive-date=May 10, 2011}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2021}}

Numerous immigrants have come from other Caribbean countries, as the country has offered economic opportunities. There are many Haitians and [[Venezuelans]] living in the Dominican Republic, there are the largest immigrant groups in the country currently, and large numbers of both groups are present in the country illegally.<ref name="CIADemo"/> There is an increasing number of well-off [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] immigrants, owning businesses and vacation homes in the country, many retiring there, they are believed to number around 10,000.<ref>{{cite news|title=Growing Puerto Rican population in the Dominican Republic1 |publisher=Universidad Central del Este |url=http://www.topix.com/forum/world/dominican-republic/T4ULLRH92RE5AQ2UL |access-date=July 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317050440/http://www.topix.com/forum/world/dominican-republic/T4ULLRH92RE5AQ2UL |archive-date=March 17, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Más de medio millón de inmigrantes residen en el país|trans-title=More than half a million immigrants living in the country|language=es|publisher=diariolibre.com|url=http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/ms-de-medio-milln-de-inmigrantes-residen-en-el-pas-EDDL381577|date=May 1, 2013|access-date=October 19, 2016|archive-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105175623/http://www.diariolibre.com/noticias/ms-de-medio-milln-de-inmigrantes-residen-en-el-pas-EDDL381577|url-status=live}}</ref> Many Europeans and Americans (non-Puerto Rican) are also retiring in the country.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/on-retirement/articles/2018-10-31/santo-domingo-an-affordable-caribbean-city-for-retirement |title=Santo Domingo: An Affordable Caribbean City for Retirement |access-date=November 30, 2023 |archive-date=February 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200210173328/https://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/on-retirement/articles/2018-10-31/santo-domingo-an-affordable-caribbean-city-for-retirement |url-status=live }}</ref> About 300,000 U.S. citizens reside in Dominican Republic, of which 250,000 are [[Dominican Americans]] whom  have returned to the country, and 50,000 are Americans of non-Dominican ancestry from the mainland United States and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://do.usembassy.gov/happy-holidays-on-behalf-of-the-consular-section-of-u-s-embassy-santo-domingo/ |title=Happy Holidays on behalf of the Consular Section of U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=[[Embassy of the United States, Santo Domingo]] |date=December 25, 2023 |publisher=United States Department of State |access-date=December 25, 2023 |quote=Nearly 300,000 U.S. citizens live in the Dominican Republic, more than two million Dominicans live in the United States, and almost three million U.S. travelers visit the Dominican Republic every year. }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2024/itineraries/dominican-republic |title=Dominican Republic CDC Yellow Book 2024 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |work=[[Macarena García, Luis Bonilla, Bianca Alvarez]] |publisher=Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |access-date=May 1, 2023 |quote=Approximately 250,000 US citizens call the Dominican Republic home. }}</ref>

The [[2010 Dominican Republic Census|2010 Census]] registered 311,969 Haitians; 24,457 Americans; 6,691 Spaniards; 5,763 Puerto Ricans; and 5,132 Venezuelans.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Oficina Nacional de Estadística|title=IX Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2010: Volumen 1 (Informe General)|url=http://censo2010.one.gob.do/volumenes_censo_2010/vol1.pdf|access-date=21 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202090504/http://censo2010.one.gob.do/volumenes_censo_2010/vol1.pdf|archive-date=2 December 2012|location=Santo Domingo|language=es|date=June 2012|pages=99–103}}</ref> In 2012, the Dominican government made a survey of immigrants in the country and found that there were: 329,281 [[Haitians in the Dominican Republic|Haitian-born]]; 25,814 [[Americans|U.S.]]-born (excluding Puerto Rican-born); 7,062 [[Spanish people|Spanish]]-born; 6,083 [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]]-born; 5,417 [[Venezuelan people|Venezuelan]]-born; 3,841 [[Cubans|Cuban]]-born; 3,795 [[Italians|Italian]]-born; 3,606 [[Colombian people|Colombian]]-born; 2,043 [[French people|French]]-born; 1,661 [[Germans|German]]-born; 1,484 [[Ethnic Chinese in the Dominican Republic|Chinese-born]]; among others.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url=https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/9789264276918-6-es.pdf?expires=1696959367&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=1865FE58D7E79131734F7D5514B898DA | doi=10.1787/9789264276918-6-es | chapter=El panorama de la migración en República Dominicana | title=Interacciones entre Políticas Públicas, Migración y Desarrollo en República Dominicana | series=Caminos de Desarrollo | date=2017 | pages=39–59 | isbn=9789264276901 | access-date=November 30, 2023 | archive-date=January 11, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111010308/https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/development/interacciones-entre-politicas-publicas-migracion-y-desarrollo-en-republica-dominicana/el-panorama-de-la-migracion-en-republica-dominicana_9789264276918-6-es;jsessionid=dbkz3PkEujG3nO4PWMVLjgJF6bka-RyP12gH345k.ip-10-240-5-158 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Martínez|first=Darlenny|title=Estudio: en RD viven 534,632 extranjeros|url=http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/05/02/estudio-viven-534632-extranjeros|access-date=29 May 2014|newspaper=El Caribe|date=2 May 2013|language=es|quote=Según la Primera Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes de la República Dominicana (ENI-2012), (...) Después de Haití, explica la investigación, las 10 naciones de donde proceden más inmigrantes son Estados Unidos, con 13,524; España, con 6,720, y Puerto Rico, con 4,416. Además Italia, con 4,040; China, con 3,643; Francia, con 3,599; Venezuela, con 3,434; Cuba con 3,145 inmigrantes; Colombia con 2,738 y Alemania con 1,792.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212011803/http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2013/05/02/estudio-viven-534632-extranjeros|archive-date=12 December 2013|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ONE>[http://countryoffice.unfpa.org/dominicanrepublic/drive/InformeENI-2012-General.pdf "Primera Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes (ENI-2012)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621051704/http://countryoffice.unfpa.org/dominicanrepublic/drive/InformeENI-2012-General.pdf |date=2015-06-21 }} (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (former 'Oficina Nacional de Estadística') & [[United Nations Population Fund]]. p.&nbsp;63. 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|author1=Juan Bolívar Díaz|title=RD país de emigrantes más que de inmigrantes|url=http://hoy.com.do/rd-pais-de-emigrantes-mas-que-de-inmigrantes/|publisher=Hoy|access-date=20 August 2014|language=es|date=4 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821134118/http://hoy.com.do/rd-pais-de-emigrantes-mas-que-de-inmigrantes/|archive-date=21 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In the second half of 2017, a second survey of foreign population was conducted in the Dominican Republic. The total population in the Dominican Republic was estimated at 10,189,895, of which 9,341,916 were Dominicans with no foreign background. According to the survey, the majority of the people with foreign background were of Haitian origin (751,080 out of 847,979, or 88.6%), breaking down as follows: 497,825 were Haitians born in Haiti, 171,859 Haitians born in the Dominican Republic and 81,590 Dominicans with a Haitian parent. Other main sources of foreign-born population were Venezuela (25,872), the United States (10,016), Spain (7,592), Italy (3,713), [[Two Chinas|China]] (3,069), Colombia (2,642), Puerto Rico (2,356), and Cuba (2,024).<ref name=ENI-2017>{{cite report |title=Segunda Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes en la República Dominicana [ENI-2017] - Versión resumida del Informe General |trans-title=Second National Survey of Immigrants in the Dominican Republic [ENI-2017] - Summary version of the General Report |url=https://dominicanrepublic.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Resumen%20Ejecutivo%20ENI-2017_FINAL.pdf#page=48 |date=June 2017 |page=48 |publisher=Oficina Nacional de Estadística |location=Santo Domingo |language=es |isbn=978-9945-015-17-1 |access-date=2020-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604105824/https://dominicanrepublic.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/Resumen%20Ejecutivo%20ENI-2017_FINAL.pdf#page=48 |archive-date=2020-06-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Haitian immigration====
{{Main|Haitians in the Dominican Republic}}
[[File:Haiti deforestation.jpg|thumb|A satellite image of the [[Dominican Republic–Haiti border|border]] between [[Haiti]] (left) and the Dominican Republic (right), highlighting the [[Deforestation in Haiti|deforestation on the Haitian side]]]]
[[File:Dominicans and Haitians Braving the Weather.jpg|thumb|Dominicans and Haitians lined up to attend medical providers from the [[U.S. Army Reserve]]]]
[[File:Haitian-Dominican border in Grand-Bois, Cornillon, Haiti, June 2017 3.jpg|thumb|View of border region between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The border runs horizontally through the middle of the picture.]]
[[File:One Too Many; 50+ Haitian Workers In Transit.jpg|thumb|Haitian workers being transported in [[Punta Cana]], the Dominican Republic]]
[[Human Rights Watch]] estimated that 70,000 documented Haitian immigrants and 1,930,000 undocumented immigrants were living in Dominican Republic.{{efn|[[Illegal immigration]] from Haiti has resulted in government action. Immigration from Haiti has increased tensions between Dominicans and Haitians.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cronkite.asu.edu/projects/buffett/dr/labor.html |title=Illegal Haitian Workers in Demand |website=cronkite.asu.edu |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105120649/https://cronkite.asu.edu/projects/buffett/dr/labor.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3cf2429a4.html|title=Refworld &#124; "Illegal People": Haitians And Dominico-Haitians In The Dominican Republic|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|website=Refworld|access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120220256/https://www.refworld.org/docid/3cf2429a4.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2021/03/08/immigration-repatriates-200000-illegal-haitians-in-2-months/ |title=Immigration repatriates 200,000 illegal Haitians in 2 months |date=March 8, 2021 |website=dominicantoday.com |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108195257/https://dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2021/03/08/immigration-repatriates-200000-illegal-haitians-in-2-months/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.haitianinternet.com/articles/new-dominican-law-prevent-illegal-haitians-from-renting-a-pl.html |title=New Dominican law seeks to prevent illegal Haitians from renting a place to live |website=News From Haiti |access-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-date=November 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108195313/http://www.haitianinternet.com/articles/new-dominican-law-prevent-illegal-haitians-from-renting-a-pl.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theworld.org/stories/2011-05-09/dominican-republic-denies-birthright-citizenship-children-illegal-immigrants|title=Dominican Republic denies birthright citizenship to children of illegal immigrants|website=The World from PRX|date=August 2, 2016 |access-date=November 8, 2021|archive-date=November 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104123806/https://theworld.org/stories/2011-05-09/dominican-republic-denies-birthright-citizenship-children-illegal-immigrants|url-status=live}}</ref> The Dominican Republic is also home to 114,050 illegal immigrants from [[Venezuela]].<ref name="CIADemo"/>}}

Haiti is the neighboring nation to the Dominican Republic and is considerably poorer, less developed and is additionally the least developed country in the western hemisphere. In 2003, 80% of all Haitians were poor (54% living in abject poverty) and 47.1% were illiterate. The country of nine million people also has a fast growing population, but over two-thirds of the labor force lack formal jobs. Haiti's per capita GDP (PPP) was $1,800 in 2017, or just over one-tenth of the Dominican figure.<ref name="CIADemo" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/ |title=CIA&nbsp;– The World Factbook&nbsp;– Haiti |access-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209014627/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As a result, hundreds of thousands of Haitians have migrated to the Dominican Republic, with some estimates of 800,000 Haitians in the country,<ref name="pinadep">{{cite web|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37018|title=Dominican Republic: Deport Thy (Darker-Skinned) Neighbour|date=March 21, 2007|access-date=January 14, 2008|author=Diógenes Pina|publisher=Inter Press Service (IPS)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109194929/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37018 |archive-date=January 9, 2008}}</ref> while others put the Haitian-born population as high as one million.<ref>{{cite web|title=Illegal people|publisher=Human Rights Watch|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/domrep/domrep0402-02.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020421144908/http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/domrep/domrep0402-02.htm|archive-date=April 21, 2002|access-date=May 29, 2007}}</ref> They usually work at low-paying and unskilled jobs in building construction and house cleaning and in sugar plantations.<ref name="ferguson">{{cite web|url=http://www.minorityrights.org/1038/reports/migration-in-the-caribbean-haiti-the-dominican-republic-and-beyond.html|title=Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Beyond|access-date=January 14, 2008|author=James Ferguson|date=July 2003|publisher=Minority Rights Group International|format=PDF|archive-date=January 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116012247/http://www.minorityrights.org/1038/reports/migration-in-the-caribbean-haiti-the-dominican-republic-and-beyond.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There have been accusations that some Haitian immigrants work in slavery-like conditions and are severely exploited.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-morse/haitian-cane-workers-in-t_b_626610.html Richard Morse: Haitian Cane Workers in the Dominican Republic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113102412/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-morse/haitian-cane-workers-in-t_b_626610.html |date=November 13, 2012 }}. Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved on September 22, 2011.</ref>

Due to the lack of basic amenities and medical facilities in Haiti a large number of Haitian women, often arriving with several health problems, cross the border to Dominican soil. They deliberately come during their last weeks of pregnancy to obtain medical attention for childbirth, since Dominican public hospitals do not refuse medical services based on nationality or legal status. Statistics from a hospital in Santo Domingo report that over 22% of childbirths are by Haitian mothers.<ref name="LD2008-01-21" />

Haiti also [[Environmental issues in Haiti|suffers from severe environmental degradation]]. Deforestation is rampant in Haiti; today less than 4 percent of Haiti's forests remain, and in many places the soil has eroded right down to the bedrock.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dirt Poor — Haiti has lost its soil and the means to feed itself|url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/bourne-text|website=nationalgeographic.com|access-date=September 14, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011141022/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/soil/bourne-text|archive-date=October 11, 2008}}</ref> Haitians burn wood charcoal for 60% of their domestic energy production. Because of Haiti running out of plant material to burn, some Haitian bootleggers have created an illegal market for charcoal on the Dominican side. Conservative estimates calculate the illegal movement of 115 tons of charcoal per week from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. Dominican officials estimate that at least 10 trucks per week are crossing the border loaded with charcoal.<ref>{{cite web|title=The charcoal war|url=http://latinamericanscience.org/2014/03/the-charcoal-war/|website=latinamericanscience.org|date=March 11, 2014|access-date=September 14, 2019|archive-date=May 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518135314/http://latinamericanscience.org/2014/03/the-charcoal-war/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2005, Dominican President Leonel Fernández criticized collective expulsions of Haitians as having taken place "in an abusive and inhuman way".<ref>{{cite web|title=Dominican Republic: A Life in Transit|publisher=Amnesty International|date=March 21, 2007|url=http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR270012007|access-date=June 3, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422232810/http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR270012007|archive-date=April 22, 2007}}</ref> After a UN delegation issued a preliminary report stating that it found a profound problem of racism and discrimination against people of Haitian origin, Dominican [[Foreign Minister]] [[Carlos Morales Troncoso]] issued a formal statement denouncing it, asserting that "our border with Haiti has its problems[;] this is our reality and it must be understood. It is important not to confuse national sovereignty with indifference, and not to confuse security with [[xenophobia]]."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39867|title=Dominican Republic: Gov't Turns Deaf Ear to UN Experts on Racism|date=October 31, 2007|access-date=January 14, 2008|author=Diógenes Pina|publisher=Inter Press Service (IPS)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109074036/http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39867 |archive-date=January 9, 2008}}</ref>

Haitian nationals send half a [[billion]] [[dollars]] total yearly in remittance from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, according to the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/migrationremittancesdiasporaissues/brief/migration-remittances-data |title=Migration and Remittances Data |publisher=World Bank Group |access-date=July 20, 2020 |quote=Bilateral Remittances Matrices. |archive-date=November 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211106093652/https://www.knomad.org/sites/default/files/2018-04/bilateralmigrationmatrix20170_Apr2018.xlsx |url-status=live }}</ref>

The government of the Dominican Republic invested a total of $16 billion pesos in health services offered to foreign patients in 2013–2016, according to official data, which includes medical expenses in blood transfusion, clinical analysis, surgeries and other care.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eldinero.com.do/47546/gobierno-dominicano-invierte-mas-de-rd3000-millones-en-servicios-medicos-a-extranjeros/ |title=Gobierno dominicano invierte más de RD$3,000 millones en servicios médicos a extranjeros |date=September 18, 2017 |publisher=Periódico elDinero |access-date=July 20, 2020 |quote=En 2016 el Gobierno destinó, a través del SNS, RD$3,037.7 millones para brindar servicios médicos a extranjeros a través de centros de salud del Estado, según las memorias de rendición de cuentas del Ministerio de Salud Pública. |archive-date=August 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819054018/https://eldinero.com.do/47546/gobierno-dominicano-invierte-mas-de-rd3000-millones-en-servicios-medicos-a-extranjeros/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to official reports, the country spends more than five billion Dominican pesos annually in care for pregnant women who cross the border ready to deliver.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://elnacional.com.do/5-mil-millones-gasta-rd-al-ano-en-partos-de-haitianas/ |title=$5 mil millones Gasta RD al año en partos de haitianas |date=May 18, 2017 |publisher=Periódico El Nacional |access-date=July 20, 2020 |quote=Más de cinco mil millones de pesos invierte el Gobierno anualmente en atenciones a embarazadas haitianas. |archive-date=November 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124101011/https://elnacional.com.do/5-mil-millones-gasta-rd-al-ano-en-partos-de-haitianas/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The children of Haitian immigrants are eligible for Haitian nationality,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oas.org/juridico/MLA/en/hti/en_hti-int-const.html|title=Constitution of Haiti, 1987|access-date=October 16, 2010|quote=ARTICLE 11: Any person born of a Haitian father or Haitian mother who are themselves native-born Haitians and have never renounced their nationality possesses Haitian nationality at the time of birth.|archive-date=October 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018140315/http://www.oas.org/juridico/MLA/en/hti/en_hti-int-const.html|url-status=live}}</ref> but they may be denied it by Haiti because of a lack of proper documents or witnesses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9770|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708224221/http://www.refugeesinternational.org/content/article/detail/9770|archive-date=July 8, 2008|title=Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the United States: Protect Rights, Reduce Statelessness|publisher=Refugees International|date=November 1, 2007|author=Maureen Lynch}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Andrew Grossman|title=Birthright citizenship as nationality of convenience|work=Proceedings of the Third Conference on Nationality|publisher=Council of Europe|date=October 11, 2004|url=http://www.uniset.ca/naty/maternity/|access-date=June 3, 2007|archive-date=January 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123031843/http://uniset.ca/naty/maternity/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Dominican Republic, Haiti, and the United States: Protect rights, reduce statelessness|agency=Reuters|date=January 19, 2007|url=http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000052/005242.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708193320/http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/cgi-script/csArticles/articles/000052/005242.htm|archive-date=July 8, 2008|access-date=May 29, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Michelle Garcia|title=No Papers, No Rights|publisher=Amnesty International|year=2006|url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/Fall_2006/No_Papers_No_Rights/page.do?id=1105216&n1=2&n2=19&n3=358|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807031700/http://www.amnestyusa.org/Fall_2006/No_Papers_No_Rights/page.do?id=1105216&n1=2&n2=19&n3=358|archive-date=August 7, 2007|access-date=May 29, 2007}}</ref>