Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse in Dominican Republic

Over 500 people descended from dusty trucks on a recent morning and shuffled through a tiny gap in a border gate separating Haiti from the Dominican Republic.

They were the first deportees of the day, some still clad in work clothes and others barefoot as they lined up for food, water and medical care in the Haitian border city of Belladère before mulling their next move.

The Dominican government says Haitian migrants have overburdened…