Haitian Diaspora
Millions of Haitians live abroad, chiefly in North America: the Dominican Republic, United States, Cuba, Mexico (mainly in Mexico City and Cancun), Canada (primarily Montreal) and Bahamas. They also live in other countries like France, French Antilles, the Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Senegal, and French Guiana.
In the United States alone there are an estimated 1.2 million Haitians, not including undocumented immigrants plus 200,000 in Canada and an estimated 2,000,000 in the Dominican Republic. The Haitian community in France numbers about 90,000, and up to 80,000 Haitians now live in the Bahamas. A UN envoy in October 2007 found racism against blacks in general, and Haitians in particular, to be "rampant" in every segment of Dominican society. Discrimination against Dominicans that work in Haiti exist but is "minimal". The administration of President Barack Obama has made Haiti a priority in the hemisphere, reviewing immigration policy.
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