Unreported World

Channel 4

7:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Friday 26 April

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As gangs try to take over Haiti, the Caribbean island's healthcare system is in a state of collapse, and a woman and child's chances of surviving a pregnancy are the worst in the Western hemisphere. To give their babies a better chance at life, thousands of Haitian women a month are now giving birth in the Dominican Republic, most of them having crossed the border illegally. However, reporter Guillermo Galdos discovers an immigration crackdown - under 'presidential order' - is now taking place in the neighbouring nation. He witnesses soldiers turn a pregnant Haitian woman away from the doors of a hospital