Al pie de la Cruz
Abstract
The article describes the life of Haitian immigrants living in the bateys (sugar worker’s towns) of the Dominican Republic who earn a living off the sugar harvest. Involved in ministry in the bateys of the Dominican Republic since 1998, the author received dozens of Haitian immigrants in his home and learned first hand of their experiences, including the long pilgrimage from their homeland to the Dominican sugar fields. Vulnerable because of their undefined legal status, these immigrants are forced to submit to inhuman working conditions and are denied basic human rights.
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