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Young people of Haitian descent hang out in the Batey La Lima community, surrounded by a massive sugarcane plantation in the coastal city of La Romana, Dominican Republic. AP Photo/Matias Delacroix

Push for Creole courses in schools stokes historic anti‑Haitian feeling in Dominican Republic

Haitians have moved to the neighboring Dominican Republic in large numbers over the last century, which has made Creole the second-most widely spoken language there.
Uncertainty about the continuation of temporary protected status, or TPS, is a major source of stress for Haitian migrants, especially women. This photo was taken at a candlelight vigil in Miami in February 2026 for Haitians living under the TPS program. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images

For Haitian women in Florida, the loss of TPS is more than an immigration law issue

The uncertainty of Haitian TPS status in the US is a significant source of stress for Haitian migrants, particularly women.
Hurricane Melissa tore off roofs and stripped trees of their leaves, including in many parts of Jamaica hit by Hurricane Beryl a year earlier. Ricardo Makyn/AFP via Getty Images

No time to recover: Hurricane Melissa and the Caribbean’s compounding disaster trap as the storms keep coming

Melissa was just the latest blow, following close on the heels of Beryl. Many islands today have little time to recover before the next disaster hits.
A Kenyan police officer, part of a U.N.-backed multinational force, patrols a street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in December 2024. AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph

The UN is reinventing peacekeeping – Haiti is the testing ground

A recent Security Council resolution to curb violence in Haiti was not just a local issue but a broader idea about how to stay relevant as a global organization.
Leader of the ‘G9 and Family’ gang, Jimmy Cherizier — better known as Barbecue — shouts slogans with his gang members after giving a speech as he leads a march against kidnappings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in October 2021. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Haiti on the brink: Gangs fill power vacuum as current solutions fail a nation in crisis

With no elected government, spiraling violence, and little international success, Haiti faces a multidimensional collapse few see a clear path out of.
A pregnant woman waits for an appointment outside the Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia Maternity Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in November 2021. Haitian officials and activists say the government is violating laws by deporting pregnant women. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

For Haitian migrants in the Dominican Republic, ‘reproduction is like a death sentence’

The government of the Dominican Republic is raiding maternity wards and deporting Haitian women before or after they’ve given birth. More than 3,000 have been deported since April 10.

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