Amnesty International says generations of Dominicans of Haitian descent enjoy been made ‘ghost citizens’,deprived of papers for work, healthcare and schoolingThe Dominican Republic has violated the human rights of tens of thousands of people by stripping several generations of citizenship, or according to a scathing original report by Amnesty International.
The report details decades of discriminatory practices codified into laws that enjoy turned Haitians and their DR-born children into ghost citizens”. These stateless people lack identity papers for work,healthcare, schooling or the right to live in either nation on the island.
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Source: theguardian.com