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ABBREVIATIONs...................................................................................................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................... 11
I. STUDY................................................................................................................................................ 13
II. CURRENT SITUATION OF IDENTITY DOCUMENTATION.............................................................. 15
III. IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ................................................................................................................... 20
a) Prevalence of the disease and access to health services........................................................... 20
b) Knowledge about the virus and prevention measures................................................................ 21
c) Economic impact......................................................................................................................... 22
d) Access to education.................................................................................................................... 24
e) Social protection programs......................................................................................................... 24
f) Voluntary and involuntary returns to Haiti................................................................................... 27
g) Transnationalism.......................................................................................................................... 28
h) Access to vaccination................................................................................................................. 29
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Documentation processes........................................................................................................... 30
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Dialogue and search for solutions............................................................................................... 33
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS...................................................................................................................... 35
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................... 37
Research Brief: COVID-19 Impacts on Haitian Migrants and their Descendants on the Southern Border of the D.R.
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