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The immigration situation of Haiti and Dominica has been one that has been more or less shaky. Ever since history it has seen a spread of Haitian immigrants and vice versa. Within this we have seen a large growth of Haitian diaspora within Dominica,which has lead to the development of a new ethnic group.This immigration has seen growth from the 2008 Haitian earthquake that saw a larger growth within the massive migration of Haitians to Dominica however it has lead many to form a type of predjudice among Haitians within the island to the point the citizens have been xenophobic to an extent this has lead to the governments mishandling of the situation make it worse.One eample is the illegal deportation of Dominicans of Haitian descent stripped of their nationality and nowhere else to stay.It has seen some end up in already over crowded Haiti,some staying in makeshifts camps fearing violence against them. It has become a state that has seen both countries become in a state of problems. In a sense Haiti has another problem to face and Dominica has another problem as well.

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The Dominican Republic has unlawfully expelled hundreds of Dominicans to Haiti who have been caught in the middle of a wave of returns and deportations of more than 100,000 people in recent months, Amnesty International said in a new report a year after the Dominican Republic ended a moratorium on deportations on 18 June 2015.

"Where are we going to live?" Migration and statelessness in Haiti and the Dominican Republic reveals the reckless way in which the two governments are handling the deportation, expulsion and "spontaneous" return of tens of thousands of people from the Dominican Republic to Haiti following an 18-month long regularization plan for undocumented foreigners living in the Dominican Republic.

"Since arbitrarily stripping thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their nationality, Dominican authorities created a human rights crisis that is leaving tens of thousands of people in an absolute and desperate legal limbo," said Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.

Since arbitrarily stripping thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent of their nationality, Dominican authorities created a human rights crisis that is leaving tens of thousands of people in an absolute and desperate legal limbo.

Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas Director at Amnesty International.

More than 40,000 people - including several hundred unaccompanied children -- have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti between August 2015 and May 2016, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Haitian civil society organizations.

At least another 68,000 returned to Haiti "spontaneously", in many cases following threats or through fear of persecution and violence in the Dominican Republic.

Though 85% of the total told the IOM they were born in Haiti, 15% claim to have been born in the Dominican Republic. The majority are children of Haitian migrants who returned "voluntarily", but who could be entitled to Dominican nationality. Nearly 1,600 people were verified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as being entitled to Dominican nationality who have been unlawfully expelled from the country.

Around 2,000 people have been living in six make-shift camps close to the southern Haitian border town of Anse-à-Pitre since August 2015. Conditions in the camps are dire with little access to food, water and sanitation or healthcare facilities. For several months, Haitian authorities failed to take leadership in finding a solution and it was only in mid-February 2016 that a plan was set up to relocate all families towards the areas of their choice.

"The Dominican Republic's opaque way of deporting people and Haiti's lack of capacity to offer them protection has created a disastrous and chaotic situation. Living conditions in these camps are extremely desperate and the authorities of both countries have failed to ensure the wellbeing of these people."

The Dominican Republic's opaque way of deporting people and Haiti's lack of capacity to offer them protection has created a disastrous and chaotic situation.

Erika Guevara-Rosas.

The few improvements made by the Dominican Republic in the way they carry out deportations - such as avoiding collective ones and making sure deportations are not carried out at night -- have not gone far enough to ensure the rights of those affected are protected, including by individually screening people to be deported and ensuring that no one entitled to stay in the Dominican Republic is expelled.

Many of the deportations are being carried out without leaving any records. Some of the deportees said they were arrested in the street and taken straight to the border after they failed to produce identification documents on the spot.

None of the people interviewed by Amnesty International were served with a deportation order nor had the chance to challenge its legality in court. None were offered legal aid.

Dominicans of foreign descent
In September 2013, the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic ruled that children born in the country to undocumented foreign parents since 1929 had never been entitled to Dominican nationality. The judgment disproportionately affected Dominicans of Haitian descent and constituted a retroactive, arbitrary and discriminatory deprivation of nationality.

Lacking nationality means not being able to exercise rights and access basic services such as formal jobs, education and health services. Those stripped of their nationality cannot travel safely within their own country and are at risk of arbitrary arrest and expulsion.

Following the expiration of the regularization plan on 18 June 2015, the Dominican authorities said they would not expel anybody who could prove they had been born in the Dominican Republic. They also promised that each case would be assessed individually and that people born in the country would be screened and protected from expulsion.

However hundreds of Dominicans of Haitian descent, and stateless people, have been caught up in a continuing wave of deportations. There is a lack of formal mechanisms for people who have been wrongly expelled to be formally readmitted to the Dominican Republic and claim reparations. In addition, Haitian authorities lack any mechanisms to deal with Dominicans of Haitian descent who have been expelled or have arrived in Haiti, including those who are stateless.

"This crisis was long in the making. It is high time for authorities both in the Dominican Republic and Haiti to take their responsibilities seriously and protect the rights of the thousands of people who have been left in this limbo," said Erika Guevara-Rosas.

This crisis was long in the making. It is high time for authorities both in the Dominican Republic and Haiti to take their responsibilities seriously and protect the rights of the thousands of people who have been left in this limbo

Erika Guevara-Rosas

"The newly elected Dominican authorities must take urgent action to tackle this crisis. They must immediately halt illegal expulsions of Dominican-born individuals and make sure that all deportations of undocumented migrants are in line with international law. They must also reinstate nationality to the tens of thousands of Dominicans of Haitian descent who have been arbitrarily stripped of it."

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Haiti/Dominican Republic: Reckless deportations leaving thousands in limbo

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The Dominican Republic has unlawfully expelled hundreds of Dominicans to Haiti who have been caught in the middle of a wave of returns and deportations of more than 100,000 people in recent months, Amnesty International said in a new report a year after the Dominican Republic ended a moratorium on deportations on 18 June 2015.

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My experience in Caribbean Civilization has given me more of an appreciation of my culture.I never realized how our past in a sense reflects our future,cause of this I have seen how our Caribbean identity has been shaped by colonization,also too how us as a people have been unaware of our mannerisms that have actually been ingrained in us from that time. Also I have seen how the Caribben has changed and more or less how it has gone to become its one self by in sense being different but at the end of the day having similar roots to tell the same story,to me this course has showed me a proper way to see my culture in every shape and form to the point I feel that it is my respondsibility to educate those who are unaware and also most importantly those who are misinformed to lead to a world where we are not only empowered but properly represented.

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In the video "the danger of a single story" Chamamanda Adiche speaks about how the effects of telling history of only one side is dangerous to many other cultures and also how people perceive other unknown cultures. In it she states because of a single story in history people treat her differently based on where she is from and have views on not only her location but also her culture not based on factual data but what they get from the media and also the perspective of the single story. This can apply to Caribbean civilization due to the history of colonialization. An example of this is the belief of Columbus discovering the Americas and other lies that came with it saw many cultures deemed as inferior,poor and uncivilized.No culture and group of people have been affected but the telling of the single story in the Caribbean as the Amerindians who for years have been misrepresented due to the lies told by the European claiming that they were seen as savages and primitive to the point they engaged in cannibalism. This has made them seen in such a light through people and also the media.This telling of the one story in a sense has led to subjugated history which is history that is true but not really known by many which has made many be seen in a misrepresented way. An example from the video in which she states when she states that she is from Nigeria a country in Africa it can be the seen in the same way that person outside the Caribbean sees all persons from the Caribbean all coming from Jamaica. In a sense the video applied to Caribbean Civilization in that telling both sides of history can be helpful to make the world a better place in that it destroys biases,assumptions and in a sense empowers those cultures that have been silence and seen in a bad light,in conclusion it ends up making better human beings.

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The Caribbean identity has throughout cololnialization period and even now,however the Caribbean identity in the early days of colonialization saw force acculturation wherby the transplanted peoples culture were to some extent almost thrown out to an extent and some even saw no choice but to take most of European culture. However this force acculturation also worked against itself in the sense that some instead of laying down and dispelling their culture it saw some further press for the culture of their own through political and social movements even through sports.
A example of the Caribbean identity can be seen as in our Unit six lecture on the 23rd of October,2017 on Caribbean identity where Haitian revolution in which Haiti defeated France to become the first independent Caribbean nation and also the first black republic it the world played a roll in inspiring many other Caribbean countries to go out and look for our own identity as well. Another example to a role in finding Caribbean identity was the Afrocentrism period where many characters such as Storkley Carmichael,Marcus Garvey and many others encoraged many Afro decendent people of the Caribbean to see their culture and themselves as Africans and to be proud of it,this also saw a new social movement now religion we see as Rastafarianism, this also paved a way for identity as well. Within this period we saw our cultures form from music such as calypso and reggae used to help the Caribbean people also it was a vessel in expressing the views many Caribbean people felt about oppression and the social issues. Another way Caribbean identity was formed was through the West Indies team of 1970's and the 1980's,this team was the voice of many West Indians all over who felt oppressed and treated like nothing in that when they performed well it gave many West Indians an identity to feel proud of and finally gave them a voice.In conclusion the Caribbean identity has seen evolution in many ways from how a country gains freedom, from social and political movements and also through culture and sports.

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In this portfolio In will show how far Caribbean history and also the Caribbean people have come.This will also show how as a Caribbean people we must appreciate our history but also give it the proper respect it deserves,plus I also see the importance of us knowing such because it aids us in our progression as a people, as it says you must know your past to understand your present. I have been given the task to tackle four objectives, I must first analyse a video titled"the danger of a single story" by Chamamanda Adiche and link it back to Caribbean Civilization,then  in my second objective I will look at the shaping of the evolution Caribbean identity during colonization and to the last days of colonialization, provide an analysis on the immigration  situation between Haiti and Dominica and use an artifact from class and finally give my personal response to this course this semester