Dominicans and foreigners are willing to take the risks of coming to the United States irregular shapecrossing into Central America and crossing the border into Mexico.
“What I want is to get out. It doesn’t matter how”commented Jean Joseph (name changed), a Haitian foreigner who went to the Friday morning Health Center Santo Domingo to apply the vaccine yellow fever.
Try to apply this immunization specifically because it is required by some Central and South American countries that are used as bridges to reach the United States.
But Giuseppe, like the others who attended, could not apply the vaccine because downtown programming is for three days, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The immigrant stated that he had been going to the place for a week and that he had not been able to get vaccinated due to the number of people who frequent it.
Jean Joseph said she wants to leave, not because she can’t support herself in the Dominican Republic, but because she “wants more”. “In life you have to take risks if you want something“, he expressed and assured that his goal is Guatemala.
Although Joseph said he was willing to go to any country in Central or South America. “The important thing is to get out. Then you look for a way to get to (the United States)” added. In Mexico, a brother who has traveled from Brazil awaits him.
travel without Visabut…
Furthermore Guatemala, on Friday morning there were people who were going to travel to El Salvador or Ecuador. In none of the three countries do Dominicans require a visa to enter their territory. But the authorities have other requirements such as a document justifying the trip or proof of economic means.
The ambassador of Guatemala in the Dominican Republic, Javier Zepedaensured that among the directors of migration Both nations and deputy ministers of consular affairs are in talks to see how to prevent travelers from using the Central American state as a bridge.
“It turns out there are people, not all, just some, who want to use Guatemala as a transit country migrate, irregularly, towards the north”, added Zepeda, who also specified that so far there is no talk of re-establishing the visa requirement.
“I think that would not be the way to go, the right way, because I think right now it’s the Dominican Republic that Guatemala we are in a collaterally very good situation to promote tourismtrade and investment,” the diplomat considered.
Dominicans back
From January this year to September 19, the Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) denied entry to 556 Dominicans. Caribbean nationals rank second among those not admitted to that date. The first place is led by Colombians, with 570 people.
The 556 Dominicans not admitted until September 19 of this year already exceed the 474 who have not been allowed to enter all of 2021. The most recent case it happened on November 18th when 25 Dominicans were not allowed to enter Guatemala.
The group consisted of 20 men and five womenS. One of them with a valid arrest warrant and two had criminal records, the Guatemalan Institute of Migration.
request for vaccines
Franklyn Castillo, from the Communications Department of the Directorate of Immunopreventables by Vaccines (DIV), explained that given the demand for yellow fever the strategy of giving priority to those with the closest flights was created.
This is because there are those who come to look for organic products even though their travel itinerary is even for next year. “But there is a vaccine to meet the demandCastle guaranteed.
The Ministry of Public Health reported on 26 October that foreigners come to the country only to get vaccinated, therefore they consume doses higher than the established average. Through free access to information, Free every day asked the Ministry of Public Health for the number of doses applied to immigrants and depending on the country to which they will travel.
The institution has indicated that it does not record information relating to the nationality of vaccinated people and “their travel destination is not tracked either”. But it was the same institution that announced it at the end of October El Salvador, Nicaragua, Salvador, Brazil and Venezuela These are the countries where biological applicants travel the most.
Vaccines of yellow fever are acquired by the Dominican State through the Revolving Fund of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), which provides cooperation to countries’ national immunization programs to improve their vaccine demand planning and forecasting capacity.
Complaint
Maribel Tirado complained that she was unable to get vaccinated on Friday morning. According to what she said, she was unaware that so many people go to the health center to get the flu shot. yellow fever.
In your case, you have a trip scheduled next Monday at French Guiana, where is the yellow fever it is endemic to that country, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). “They have to fix it. Have the necessary amount of vaccines so we don’t miss our flight,” Tirado said.
In the Health Center In Santo Domingo there are people who wake up to have one of the first places to apply for the vaccine yellow feverwhich is not even available in private centers in the Dominican Republic.
