Migration Management in Hispaniola

  • Start Date
    2001
  • End Date
    2002
  • Project Status
    Completed
  • Project Type
    TCMMCB
  • Budget Amount (USD)
    50000.00
  • Coverage
    Regional
  • Year
    2001
  • IDF Region
    Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Projects ID
    T97-805
  • Benefiting Member States
    Dominican Republic Haiti

This contribution allowed IOM Dominican Republic and Haiti to initiate and strengthen technical cooperation actions for migration management between the two countries. The Bilateral Technical Commission on Migratory and Border Affairs was rekindled to provide a full-island forum for problem-solving in key areas, supported by IOM Technical Cooperation in the following areas:
1. Legislation on improvement of deportation procedures (with NGO involvement);
2. Completion of a survey of Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic;
3. Haitian migration policy;
4. Provision of information to migrants on rights and responsibilities; and
5. Counter-trafficking actions.
The funding augmented current input from the Government of the Dominican Republic, the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, World Bank and others, and encouraged further support of proposals for full technical cooperation implementation already submitted to the European Union, World Bank and others.