29 violation of the basic rights of a particular group of persons –Haitian immigrants and Dominican citizens of 122 Haitian descent. It is a policy waged by the State and carried out by the military, mainly outside 123 bateyes and in urban areas like Santiago or Santo Domingo, where the persons are apprehended, 124 loaded onto buses or trucks and taken to the Haitian boarder. These deportations or expulsions occur rapidly and the persons being expelled are not given the opportunity to speak with family members, which 125 often means that children are deported without their parents knowing or vice versa. 140. The reports are all consistent in their assessments of the modus operandi through which the Dominican authorities have conducted the collective expulsions of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian decent in recent decades. Apropos the foregoing, it has been said that the collective expulsions are 126 typically characterized by a lack of due process and judicial oversight; those being deported are not permitted to contact family members and are mistreated and abused by the authorities –who confiscate or 127 destroy their legal identification documents or simply never even ask to see them, even when they may prove legal status within the national territory, whether as residents, tourists, temporary workers or 128 relatives of Dominican citizens. 141. Civil society studies have also made the point that rather than rely on documents, the identity checks that trigger the deportations are based on racial profiling; officials simply observe the way a person walks, how he or she lives and his or her skin color to determine whether the person is Haitian 129 or of Haitian descent. …continuation No.33, p. 4. Annex C of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. See also Annex 47. FERGUSON, James. Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and beyond. Minority Rights Group International. London, United Kingdom. 2003, p. 17. Annex H of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 122 Annex 47. FERGUSON, James. Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and beyond. Minority Rights Group International. London, United Kingdom. 2003, p. 17. Annex H of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. Annex 48. UNHCR and HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH. Illegal people: Haitians and Dominico-Haitians in the Dominican Republic. April (2002), p. 14. Annex I of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 123 Annex 47. FERGUSON, James. Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and beyond. Minority Rights Group International. London, United Kingdom. 2003. p. 18. Annex H of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 124 Annex 51. UNHCR and HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH. Illegal people: Haitians and Dominico-Haitians in the Dominican Republic. April (2002), p. 14 of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 125 Annex 45. UN, Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène, and the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, Addendum, Mission to Dominican Republic, A/HRC/7/19/Add.5, A/HRC/7/23/Add.3, March 18, 2008, paragraph 24. Annex B of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 126 Annex 53. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Dominican Republic: A life in transit – The Plight of Haitian Migrants and Dominicans of Haitian Descent. March (2007), London, pp. 7-9, 17. Annex F of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 127 Annex 46. VOYNEAU, Sébastien. République Dominicaine : le traitement infligé aux haïtiens et aux Dominicains d’origine haïtienne, une discrimination institutionnalisée ? OBSERVATOIRE DES AMÉRIQUES. Montreal, Canada. October 2005 No.33, p. 5. Annex C of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. See also, Annex 45. UN, Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou Diène, and the independent expert on minority issues, Gay McDougall, Addendum, Mission to Dominican Republic, A/HRC/7/19/Add.5, A/HRC/7/23/Add.3, March 18, 2008, paragraph 24. Annex B of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009; Annex 53. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. Dominican Republic – A Life in Transit: The Plight of Haitian Migrants and Dominicans of Haitian Descent. March (2007) London, pp. 7-9. Annex F of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 128 Annex 46. VOYNEAU, Sébastien. République Dominicaine : le traitement infligé aux haïtiens et aux Dominicains d’origine haïtienne, une discrimination institutionnalisée ? OBSERVATOIRE DES AMÉRIQUES. Montreal, Canada. October 2005 No.33, p. 5. Anexo C of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009. 129 Annex 46. VOYNEAU, Sébastien. République DominicaIne : le traitement infligé aux haïtiens et aux Dominicains d’origine haïtienne, une discrimination institutionnalisée ? OBSERVATOIRE DES AMÉRIQUES. Montreal, Canada. October 2005 No.33, p. 6. Annex C of the petitioners’ observations on the merits, April 16, 2009.