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The Dominican Republic–Haiti border is an international border between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti on the island of Hispaniola. Extending from the Caribbean Sea in the south to the Atlantic Ocean in the north, the 391 kilometres (243 mi) border was agreed upon in the 1929 Dominican–Haitian border treaty .
An ongoing border dispute between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which started over the construction of a canal on Haitian soil, grew more tense Monday as each side accused the other of ...
The Dominican government on Sunday began building a wall that will cover almost half of the 392-kilometre (244 miles) border with Haiti, its only land neighbor, to stop irregular migration and the ...
Along with the increased Dominican military presence on the more than 220-mile border — where Abinader is also building a wall to keep undocumented Haitian migrants out — there has been an ...
The Dominican Republic also has started building a 118-mile (190-kilometer) wall along the Haitian border that he announced early last year. Coto reported from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Dominican officials claim the wall will slow the illegal drug trade and reduce the chance of gang violence in Haiti from spreading to the Dominican Republic. The project is controversial, with claims that it will do little to reduce illegal migration, will encourage bribery of Dominican Republic soldiers, and will become a source of conflict ...
Dominican authorities recently built a border wall inside its territory leaving a strip of land to the west for patrols, which has led to misunderstandings on the exact border on both sides.
The Dominican Republic sealed its border with Haiti last month citing the construction of a canal from the Massacre River, which straddles the border between the two countries, arguing this ...