Dominican Republic starts buliding border wall with Haiti

Dominican Republic starts buliding border wall with Haiti
February 21, 2022, 4:20 am

Ciudad Colonial is the historic central neighborhood of the Dominican Republic's capital Santo Domingo. It is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in the Americas (File photo: Pixabay)

The Newslogic reported, the Dominican authorities on Sunday started constructing a wall that may cowl greater than half of the 392-kilometre (244 miles) border with Haiti, its solely land neighbor, to cease irregular migration and the smuggling of products, weapons and medicines.

While the 2 international locations share the island of Hispaniola, they’re worlds aside by way of growth. Crime-plagued Haiti is likely one of the poorest nations within the Americas whereas the Dominican Republic, a well-liked Caribbean vacationer vacation spot, has prospered in current many years amid marked political stability.

Many Haitians cross the border clandestinely seeking work within the fields or within the building business within the Dominican Republic.

“The profit for each nations shall be of nice significance,” said Dominican President Luis Abinader shortly before pushing the button to begin pouring concrete into the foundations of what will be the wall in the province of Dajabón, some 230 kilometers northwest of the capital.

Poor people in Haiti (File photo:Pixabay) — Caption

About 500,000 Haitians and tens of thousands of their descendents live in the Dominican Republic, a Spanish-speaking nation of about 11 million people, according to the most recent immigration survey conducted in 2018.

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Abinader estimated the border wall will reduce the smuggling of commercial goods, weapons and help fight organized crime in both nations.

He started the project, which aims to build a 164 kilometer wall, ahead of the anniversary of the Dominican Republic’s independence from Haiti on Feb. 27, 1844.

Abinader said the first phase of the project will be completed within nine months at the latest.

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The 20-centimetre-thick concrete wall topped by a metal mesh will be 3.9 meters (12.8 ft) high and will have fiber optics for communications, movement sensors, cameras, radars and drones.

The project also includes the construction of 70 watchtowers and 41 access gates for patrolling.

Source: newslogic

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