Dominican Republic

​​​In recent decades Haitian migration to the Dominican Republic has been unregulated. It has garnered more attention after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti caused a slight peak in cross-border migration. The ruling of the Dominican Republic’s Constitutional Tribunal on September 23rd 2013, which effectively denationalised many Dominicans of Haitian ancestry, has increased this attention. ​However, a narrow focus has defined the debate in terms of human rights concerns versus the Dominican Republic's sovereignty.