Face à l'Opinion: Carol Joseph, Office National de la Migration (1)

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Title:
Face à l'Opinion: Carol Joseph, Office National de la Migration (1)
Program Name:
Face à l’Opinion
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Date:
July 30, 1998
Description:

  • Jean Dominique entèvyouve Carol Joseph, ki se direktè Ofis Nayonal Migrasyon an, sou ogmantasyon rapatriman ak depòtasyon asisyen soti Ozetazini, nan peyi Baamas, epi nan Dominikani. Lane sa a, menm lè lòt peyi ap pimpe ayisyen bak, bidjè ONM nan vin pi piti pase sa yo te genyen nan pase. Anpil nan migran sa yo soti Pòdpè ak Sen-Lwi-di-Nò -- se pa pi pòv yo, ki soti nan Fawès, k ap pran kantè, paske fòk ou gen yon ti kòb kanmenm pou peye kantè a. (Gen anpil moun ki soti nan Leyogàn tou, paske yo di se Leyogàn ki fè pi bon bato.) Botpipèl sa yo prèske pa gen okenn posibilite pou Gad Kòt meriken yo pa bare yo, men pafwa imigrasyon lòt peyi fè kòmsi yo pa wè yo, paske zile sa yo bezwen mendèv. Men lè travay la fini (sitou travay nan bati kay, elatriye), yo pimpe ayisyen yo bak. ONM konn bay èd ekonomik tanporè pou rapatriye yo, pou yo ka chèche lavi epi fè ti komès. Joseph dekri tou rapò ONM genyen avèk Òganizasyon Entènasyonal Migrasyon an (OIM).

  • Jean Dominique rencontre Carol Joseph, directeur de l’Office national de la migration, au sujet de l’augmentation des rapatriements et déportations d’Haïtiens depuis les États Unis, les Bahamas, et la République Dominicaine. Cette année, alors qu’un plus grand nombre de migrants sont renvoyés en Haïti, le budget de l’ONM a diminué. Ces migrants sont originaires de Port-de-Paix et Saint-Louis du Nord; d’ailleurs ce ne sont pas les plus pauvres qui viennent du « far west », car il faut un peu d’argent pour payer le bateau. Ces boat people n’arrivent pas à échapper aux garde-côtes américains, mais parfois les officiers d’immigration de certains pays font semblant de ne pas les voir, car ces îles ont besoin de main-d’œuvre. À la fin du travail, ils renvoient ces Haïtiens chez eux. L’ONM leur donne alors une aide économique temporaire. Joseph décrit aussi les rapports entre l’ONM et l’Organisation internationale de la migration (OIM).

  • Jean Dominique interviews Carol Joseph, the director of Haiti's Office National de la Migration, about the increase in repatriations/deportations of Haitians from the US, Bahamas, and Dominican Republic. This year, as more Haitian migrants are being returned to Haiti, the ONM has a lower budget than in previous years. Many of these migrants hail from Port-de-Paix and Saint-Louis-du-Nord -- they are not the poorest of the poor, from the "far west" of the island, because you need at least some money to take the boat. (There are also many people from Léogâne, where they apparently build the best boats in Haiti.) Seafaring migrants stand almost no chance of being able to pass the US Coast Guard, but sometimes immigration officers in places like Turks and Caicos turn a blind eye because these islands need migrant labor. But once the labor is over (primarily construction work), the Haitians are deported. ONM provides temporarily economic assistance to repatriated people, specifically to help them develop small businesses. Joseph also describes ONM's relationship with the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Interview
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Language:
Haitian; Haitian Creole
Tape ID:
RL10059CS0606
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Radio Haiti Archive
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Radio Haiti audio recordings, 1957-2003
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