President Medina expects the OAS to tell the truth of what it saw in the DR
Migration says "everything continues normal" until the report comes out
Diario Libre
SANTO DOMINGO. President Danilo Medina said yesterday that he expected the mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) which came to the country to tell the truth about what it saw in the Dominican Republic regarding the application of its migration policies.
"Here we only have to tell the truth, because there is absolutely nothing to hide here. Because of this, the doors of the country are open so that anyone who wants to come and observe can come and observe, but they should tell the truth without prejudice," said the rPesident when he was interviewed after saying goodbye to his counterpart from Taiwan in the Presidential Palace.
Medina reported that the Government has to deliver the documents to those that normalize their situation and he thinks that starting next week this process will begin.
"This is because I don't want to commit the mistake of having a person who normalized his status, and just because he doesn't have documents, which we have not delivered, runs the risk of leaving the country involuntarily," said the President.
He insisted that they are working with the documents that people have delivered. He said there are 90,000 foreigners who have passports to which they're going to attach a strip with the visa and others who will be given an ID card that will be given to each person registered.
He emphasized that the law must be applied as it has always been done.
The plans will continue
The mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) arrived last Thursday night in order to look into the immigration process which is being applied to foreigners who live illegally in the country.
The mission was headed by the Secretary of Political Affairs of the OAS, Francisco Guerrero and Gabriel Bidegain, an advisor to the Secretary-General, and included Pablo Sandino Martinez, Rebecca Josefina and Stephen Harley as well as technical officials.
They held meetings with the authorities from Migration and with representatives of Haiti. There was also a meeting with groups from the civil society, businessmen, officials of the Central Electoral Board and from the Specialized Corps of Frontier Security (Cesfront).
Guerrero said they came to the country with an open mind and without any sort of prejudice, with the only intention of contributing with the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The delegation now has to submit a technical report to the Secretary-General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, who should discuss it with the plenary of the all the countries.
While this occurs, the director of Migration, Major General Ruben Paulino Sem, told the Diario Libre that "everything will continue normally, there won't be any variation in the application of our immigration law."
He indicated that the process of voluntary return is still underway. He did not give the date on which they would begin the announced repatriations of the foreigners who did not join the National Plan of Normalization, whose deadline for registration expired last 17 June.
"Here we only have to tell the truth, because there is absolutely nothing to hide here. Because of this, the doors of the country are open so that anyone who wants to come and observe can come and observe, but they should tell the truth without prejudice," said the rPesident when he was interviewed after saying goodbye to his counterpart from Taiwan in the Presidential Palace.
Medina reported that the Government has to deliver the documents to those that normalize their situation and he thinks that starting next week this process will begin.
"This is because I don't want to commit the mistake of having a person who normalized his status, and just because he doesn't have documents, which we have not delivered, runs the risk of leaving the country involuntarily," said the President.
He insisted that they are working with the documents that people have delivered. He said there are 90,000 foreigners who have passports to which they're going to attach a strip with the visa and others who will be given an ID card that will be given to each person registered.
He emphasized that the law must be applied as it has always been done.
The plans will continue
The mission from the Organization of American States (OAS) arrived last Thursday night in order to look into the immigration process which is being applied to foreigners who live illegally in the country.
The mission was headed by the Secretary of Political Affairs of the OAS, Francisco Guerrero and Gabriel Bidegain, an advisor to the Secretary-General, and included Pablo Sandino Martinez, Rebecca Josefina and Stephen Harley as well as technical officials.
They held meetings with the authorities from Migration and with representatives of Haiti. There was also a meeting with groups from the civil society, businessmen, officials of the Central Electoral Board and from the Specialized Corps of Frontier Security (Cesfront).
Guerrero said they came to the country with an open mind and without any sort of prejudice, with the only intention of contributing with the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
The delegation now has to submit a technical report to the Secretary-General of the OAS, Luis Almagro, who should discuss it with the plenary of the all the countries.
While this occurs, the director of Migration, Major General Ruben Paulino Sem, told the Diario Libre that "everything will continue normally, there won't be any variation in the application of our immigration law."
He indicated that the process of voluntary return is still underway. He did not give the date on which they would begin the announced repatriations of the foreigners who did not join the National Plan of Normalization, whose deadline for registration expired last 17 June.
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