Dominican Republic plans wall to keep out Haitian migrants

Santo Domingo, March 3 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 3rd Mar, 2021 ) :Experts have hit out at a plan by the Dominican Republic government to build a wall on its border with Haiti to reduce illegal immigration, claiming it won't work unless accompanied by development. The Dominican Republic and Haiti share the island of Hispaniola, which was the site of the first European colony in the Americas. They are separated by a 380-kilometer border. Dominican President Luis Abinador announced on Saturday that work on a border wall would begin in the second half of the year. "Within two years we want to end the serious problems of...