End Racist Deportations of Haitians

Dear President Luis Abinader,

Your government’s plan to deport up to 10,000 migrants per week raises significant human rights concerns about the treatment of Haitians, Dominicans of Haitian descent, stateless individuals, and Black people of Dominican Republic. 

This announcement comes despite the security and humanitarian crisis in Haiti that puts many lives at risk. 

The announced increase of deportations poses a serious risk of racial profiling, collective expulsions, and other human rights violations. The measure risks resulting in preventing individualized assessments of each person’s protection needs, including those in need of protection, pregnant women, children, stateless individuals, and asylum seekers.

These actions not only affect Haitians but also endanger Dominicans of Haitian descent and Black individuals, who face the possibility of their national origin, race, skin color, or statelessness being associated with irregular migration status due to constant racial profiling and other forms of racial discrimination. 

This dynamic has created a climate of fear and risk in their communities, with the constant uncertainty of being arbitrarily detained and deported. This impedes and inhibits the exercise of various rights, including access to health care, education, employment, and the very defense of human rights.

I call on your government to immediately end the practice of collective expulsions and ensure that migration policies and practices respect and protect everyone from racial discrimination and comply with international human rights obligations. 

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]