Open AccessEstrategias de familias migrantes haitianas para sus hijos ante las políticas antiinmigrantes de República Dominicana
Author(s) -
Schwarz Coulange Méroné,
Eduardo Torre Cantalapiedra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
migraciones internacionales
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.258
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2594-0279
pISSN - 1665-8906
DOI - 10.33679/rmi.v1i1.1742
Subject(s) - citizenship , immigration , context (archaeology) , political science , politics , attendance , sociology , genealogy , history , law , archaeology
The migration policies of the Dominican Republic (DR in the hereafter) have restricted the access to Dominican citizenship for thousands of Haitian children brought to this country during childhood, as well as for minors born in the DR from Haitian parents; that is Dominico-Haitian children. However, parents have not passively accepted this situation. The goal of this paper is to analyze two strategies of Haitian parents living in the DR for their children, set to minimize the negative effects of anti-immigrant policies: 1) obtaining official DR citizenship documents for their children, and 2) ensuring the attendance of children to both Dominican and Haitian schools. Also, the current situation of Haitian- origin populations in the DR is set into historical and political context here.