According to figures provided by international agencies, some 200,000 Haitians have crossed the land border to seek refuge in the Dominican Republic, following the earthquake of January 12.
The information revealed by Engineer Ramon Flores, Dominican advisor to the Ministry of Economy, has been the subject of articles in the press of a neighboring country. Member of the crew Haiti-Dominican, who had worked to develop an action plan for the reconstruction of Haiti, Flores told the daily El Nuevo Diario , noting that the exodus still continues, and at the same time warned that without rapid implementation of a practical solution, "the Dominican Republic tranformera country most affected by the tragedy of Haiti."
The paper recalls that before the earthquake of January, one million Haitians, most undocumented already living in the neighboring republic.
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