Born Foreigners

Thousands of descendants of haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic are suffering from different discriminations as they are not considered eligible for dominican documents. They were born in Dominican Republic but are systematically declared Haitian by the government. At the same time, they have never been to Haiti, and most dont know family there. Also in Haiti, a part of the population do not consider these people as haitian and the government has talked low mouth about them as foreigners. The DR government opened a regularization process recently, and it has just ended. Many people have not been able to bring any proof of birth in the country, and they should leave soon as they are not granted residency. Many of them do not want to travel, as they feel dominicans. This people have suffered during all their lives from severe restrictions in access to sanity (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)