PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- Dominican soldiers have begun massive
                  expulsions of Haitians there, the director of the Haitian National Migration
                  Office said Tuesday.

                  The deportations started just days after the Organization of American states
                  accused the Dominican government of ill-treating its Haitian population.

                  Since Friday, about 1,000 Haitians have been expelled across the border
                  shared by the two countries on Hispaniola island, Haitian migration director
                  Carol Joseph said. In the past, the average weekly expulsions numbered
                  about 200, he said.

                  The Dominican military said it had sent reinforcements to the border over the
                  weekend to stop illegal crossings.

                  The move follows a critical report released 10 days ago by the OAS
                  Inter-American Human Rights Commission, criticizing the Dominican
                  government for denying citizenship to tens of thousands of children born in
                  that country to illegal Haitian immigrants.

                  Most of the Haitians expelled in the latest roundups were recruited last year
                  to work in the Dominican sugar harvest, Joseph said. They were accused of
                  overstaying.

                  A few were Haitians born and raised in the Dominican Republic who do not
                  have citizenship papers, he said. He accused the Dominicans of violating the
                  migrants' human rights by denying them time to collect their belongings or
                  argue their cases before immigration officials.

                  "It is a lamentable situation," he said. "The Haitians are summarily expelled
                  and without prior notification of the Haitian government, in violation of
                  agreements signed by our two governments."

                  But Dominican Immigration Director Danilo Diaz said the Haitian
                  government had violated agreements by failing to curb illegal migrants.

                  "We still have not received cooperation from the Haitian government," Diaz
                  said. "That has been one of our points -- that there must be better control by
                  Haitian authorities to ensure that their nationals are not coming into our
                  territory illegally."

                  Haitian authorities complain that political confusion and bitter poverty in that
                  country has hobbled law-enforcement efforts.

                  Joseph, meanwhile, said he feared the OAS report had whipped up
                  anti-Haitian sentiment and led to the expulsions.

                  "I fear the worst, that more and more Haitians will be expelled," he said.

                  On Monday, about 240 people were expelled near the border town of
                  Ouanaminthe, about 72 miles (120 kilometers) northeast of the
                  Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, Joseph said. He said the rest were
                  expelled at remote, unofficial crossings where the National Migration Office
                  was unable to control their flow.

                  Over the weekend, 300 to 350 were expelled at Anse-a-Pitre, about 48
                  miles (80 kilometers) southeast of the capital. About 100 were expelled at
                  Belladere, about 45 miles (75 kilometers) northwest of the capital.