Nolasco, who was born on January 6, 1992, in the Eastern Santo Domingo Hospital, Dominican Republic, and has a Dominican identity card. 233 The State indicated that Ana Lidia Sensión and Reyita Antonia Sensión are Dominican citizens, as recorded in the corresponding Civil Registry Offices. 234 217. The Sensión Family lived in Mata Mamón, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and Mr. Sensión went to Puerto Plata seasonally to work. 235 Prior to the date on which the State accepted the Court’s contentious jurisdiction, Mrs. Nolasco and her daughters were detained by immigration officials and transported in a “truck” with other persons to the border with Haiti. Then, once in Haiti, they were able to travel to the place where Ana Virginia Nolasco’s family lived. 236 The State indicated that it had no record of the deportation of these persons. 237 218. Subsequently, when Mr. Sensión returned to Mata Mamón in 1994 and went to his home to look for his family, he found out from the neighbors that they had been expelled to Haiti. 238 Eight years later, now within the sphere of the Court’s temporal competence, Mr. Sensión found his family in the Las Cahobas market in Haiti, and returned to the Dominican Republic with his daughters. A week later, Mrs. Nolasco was also able to return to the Dominican Republic. 239 According to Ana Lidia, she is “always afraid of meeting immigration [personnel].” 240 219. On August 13, 2002, safe-conducts were issued to the members of the Sensión Family, as a result of the agreement reached when processing the provisional measures before the Court. 241 Subsequently, in 2010, and as part of the proceedings on provisional measures, the State renewed and granted new safe-conducts to Antonio Sensión, Ana annexes to the Merits report, f. 2162); sheet with general information on Ana Lidia Sensión, baptism certificate of Ana Lidia Sensión issued on January 11, 2000, by the Parish of San Antonio de Padua (file of annexes to the Merits report, annex 29, f. 276); Affidavit made by Ana Lidia Sensión Nolasco on September 29, 2013 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, f.1717), and Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión. 233 Cf. birth certificate of Reyita Antonia, issued by the Central Electoral Board of the Dominican Republic on February 5, 1992 (file of annexes to the Merits report, f. 2196); extract from birth certificate of Reyita Antonia; baptism certificate of Reyita Antonia Sensión issued on January 11, 2000, by the Parish of San Antonio de Padua (file of annexes to the Merits report, annex 30, f. 278); Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión, and full birth certificate of Reyita Antonia, issued by the Central Electoral Board on July 4, 2012 (file of annexes to the Merits report, f. 2195). 234 Cf. Report of the Government of the Dominican Republic on the measures adopted to comply with the recommendations of the Commission (file of annexes to the Merits report, f. 2164). The State also indicated in its answering brief that these persons were Dominicans. 235 Cf. Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión. 236 Cf. Affidavit made Ana Lidia Sensión Nolasco, and Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión. In his affidavit, Mr. Sensión stated that, in 1994, “Ana Virginia and the girls lived in Mata Mamón”; that his “mother died on September 30 that year and that, as they did not arrive, [he] went to look for them and, one week later, a neighbor told him that immigration had caught [them] and deported them to Haiti.” Meanwhile, in her affidavit made on September 29, 2013, Ana Lidia Sensión Nolasco stated that the events took place around Christmas 1994. Accordingly, the Court notes that although the day and month are not the same, in their statements they both agree on the year, so that the date of the expulsion was prior to the State’s acceptance of the Court’s jurisdiction. 237 Note No. 044-13 issued by the General Directorate of Immigration of the Ministry of the Interior and Police, certifying that there is no record of the deportation of Ana Virginia Nolasco, Ana Lidia Sensión and Reyita Antonia Sensión, among other persons mentioned on a list. 238 Cf. Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión. 239 Cf. Affidavit made by Antonio Sensión, and Affidavit made by Ana Lidia Sensión Nolasco. 240 Affidavit made by Ana Lidia Sensión Nolasco. 241 Cf. Safe-conducts of Antonio Sensión, Ana Virgi[nia] Nolasco, Reyita Antonia Sensión and Ana Lidia Sensión, issued on August 13, 2002 (file of annexes to the Merits report, annex 34, fs. 290 and 291). 72