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Cloud of xenophobia grows in Dominican Republic

Peter SonnenbergMay 17, 2014

Not Welcome Here: Haitians in the Dominican Republic.

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Haiti Schulkind 2014
Image: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images

Journal Reporter - High Tension Between Haitians and Dominicans

A change to the Dominican Republic's constitution has revoked citizenship from hundreds of thousands of people. Many were born in the Dominican Republic to Haitian parents, and now find themselves stateless. The politics reflect a growing sense of xenophobia in the country.