3.02.2004
Q & A: The Uprising in Haiti, Washington Post
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Will there be more "boat people"?
Preventing another mass exodus of Haitians like the one that occurred in the early 1990s is now is a prime goal of U.S. policy. With the Coast Guard on alert for refugees seeking to reach the United States, U.S. officials are reportedly bolstering accommodations at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, which is 180 miles northwest of Haiti, to house Haitians intercepted on the high sea
[i wonder if they will be as well-accomodated as all of those lodged in the big pre-trial hotel down there...]
...
Will there be more "boat people"?
Preventing another mass exodus of Haitians like the one that occurred in the early 1990s is now is a prime goal of U.S. policy. With the Coast Guard on alert for refugees seeking to reach the United States, U.S. officials are reportedly bolstering accommodations at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, which is 180 miles northwest of Haiti, to house Haitians intercepted on the high sea
[i wonder if they will be as well-accomodated as all of those lodged in the big pre-trial hotel down there...]
