Allison Hunter

At the crossing — Dajabón, on the Haiti-Dominican Republic border.

Where Haiti meets the Dominican Republic, the border town of Dajabón is a place of commerce, survival, and deportation.

6 photographs

A crowded white bus marked Direccion General de Migracion is seen from the side, its windows filled with passengers including a small child peering out. The bus transports deportees to the Dominican border. data-caption=
A young woman balances a large plastic bin filled with bottled beverages on her head at a border crossing, her expression focused and composed. An armed soldier in camouflage stands in the background; a painted wall reads "Chevalier.", a liquor advertisement
A close-up of a young woman's face as she looks sideways with a tense, uncertain expression, pressed close to another person partially visible at the left edge of the frame. The image is a close-up of a van transporting Haitian deportees to the border.
A persone stand in a narrow gap between buildings painted in a camouflage pattern at a border checkpoint. A surveillance light and water tank are mounted on a concrete post; motorcycles and pedestrians pass in the background.
A man carries a large flat-screen TV on his back along a road at the Haiti-Dominican Republic border crossing, glancing back at the camera. Razor wire tops a chain-link fence on the left; a customs gate and a bus are visible in the background.
A person in an orange shirt carries an enormous bundle of clothing or textiles on their head and shoulders up a staircase inside a building, nearly obscured by the load. The words "No Basura" are painted in red on the wall beside them.