(Video by John Leos/Cronkite Borderlands Project)
DAJABÓN, Dominican Republic – In 2021, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced the construction of a border wall between the Dominican Republic and Haiti. On an island with limited natural resources, immigration actions, like the wall, have resulted in environmental destruction for fragile protected areas along the country’s border.
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