U.S. to Haitians: Go Home! U.S. immigration authorities have ordered 30,000 Haitians to get out. But that decree is easier said than done, according to Haitian officials, who say their impoverished, hurricane-slammed nation needs time to prepare for the return of its citizens. Following a three-month moratorium on deportations in early December, Customs officials have been sending deportees with valid passports back home, The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The lack of travel documents has resulted in longer stays for Haitians in crowded detention centers, said a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Currently, there are about 600 Haitians being detained and more than 240 others under a form of house arrest whereas they’re being monitored with electronic ankle bracelets.

Congo refugees are leaving unsanitary camps. Unsanitary conditions at camps are forcing thousands of Congo refugees to flee the havens and return to dangerous areas controlled by rebels, reports CNN. Even though the refugees had left villages where many were killed and raped as recently as a week ago, the lack of water, food or sanitation at the camps was too much to bear. There are many others, though, who are continuing to flee their homes due to rebel fighting, leaving aid centers overwhelmed. International officials traveled to the country to assess the situation. “The immediate needs are obvious. We saw them yesterday. The cease-fire last Wednesday needs to be bolstered,” British Secretary David Miliband and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a joint statement. “The humanitarian needs for food, shelter, water and health care must be met through universal provision and secure routes for delivery.” After four days of fighting last week, rebel forces from the National Congress for the Defense of the People called a ceasefire Wednesday. And they appear to be following through with it, although troops from both sides have been seen gathering near the cease-fire line, reports CNN. The rebels, who are Tutsis, are at odds with the government because they feel they aren’t doing enough to protect the group from attacks from the country’s majority Hutus.

Fighting between Dominicans and Haitians flares up. Fighting near the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic has been on the rise recently, reports Caribbean Net News. In Guayubin, a town in the Dominican Republic that sits near the Haitian border, a large mob of Dominicans burned down a Haitian shantytown.  About 30 houses were set ablaze during the rampage and people were forced to run away in fear. The act of violence was in retaliation for the murder of a Dominican farmer, who was allegedly killed by a Haitian immigrant.  And just on Monday more violence from Dominicans seeking revenge (this time because of a Haitian who allegedly stabbed a Dominican taxi driver as he was allegedly trying to steal his motorcycle) resulted in two Haitians being killed and more injured. The governments of both nations are appealing to citizens to be peaceful, especially in the border towns. Police presence in the area has also been elevated.