In the morning we moved on by a rather bumpy bus ride to Dajabon on the border with Haiti. After lunch we visited the office of Solidaridad Fronteriza, a Jesuit agency which works on issues related to migrants and local people on both sides of the border. Tomorrow we are to see the work of their monitors who record and report on human rights abuses at the border and in the binational markets where Haitians come to sell goods. We also heard how SF takes up 15-20 cases a month of abuse, beating and theft of goods by border officials in the courts on behalf of those on the receiving end. Like all the organisations we have seen they support the rights of migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent, as well as Dominicans in general.
All the group are well and learning so much each day. Please continue to keep us in your hearts during these last days as we work to consolidate what we have seen and heard.
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