UN High Commissioner for Refugees

… for deportees should formally request emergency capacity funding from UNHCR, IOM, and USAID before the next deportation surge given the demonstrated pace of DR removal operations. The US State De …

… risks. RECOMMENDED DECISIONS International organizations including IOM, UNHCR, and OCHA should immediately pre-position reception and medical support capacity at all five operational border crossin …

… Jimaní corridors, which carry the highest documented returnee volumes. The OIM, UNHCR, and GARR should formally coordinate to establish a deportee monitoring protocol that captures health status, documenta …

… mechanism operating at scale on either side of the border. The IOM and UNHCR maintain presence but have no confirmed humanitarian exception framework agreed with the DGM for this population catego …

… constitute a Category 1 humanitarian alert requiring immediate response from UNHCR, IOM, MSF, and the IACHR. The DR government has not publicly acknowledged this practice, which makes independent field …

… pressure. RECOMMENDED DECISIONS International protection organizations UNHCR, IOM, MSF should conduct an immediate audit of Haitian patient access protocols at Dominican hospitals and engage the …

… Statement E-016/26, 2 February 2026. oas.org/en/mediacenter/pressrelease.asp UNHCR Dominican Republic Factsheet Q2 2026. reliefweb.int/report/dominican-republic/unhcr-dominican-republic-factsheet-april …

… International organizations with Haiti border operations, including IOM, UNHCR, and GARR, should pre-position for a potential third border closure scenario triggered by the Río Masacre dispute, deve …