1.   In addition, it said the United States risks endangering thousands of Cuban asylum seekers held at Guantanamo Bay and in Panama if it repatriates them forcibly.

2.   Axworthy, however, when asked about his Cuban contacts on Canadian television, refused to deny or confirm that a Cuban asylum plan might be in the works.

3.   The number of refugees picked up at sea surged one week ago even though Clinton ended the US open-door policy for Cuban asylum seekers.

4.   The number of refugees picked up at sea surged one week ago when President Bill Clinton ended the US open-door policy for Cuban asylum seekers.

5.   The United States previously had refused to take in the Cuban asylum seekers at Guantanamo.

6.   Thursday he said his state faced an emergency situation and called upon the federal government to take action against the latest wave of Cuban asylum seekers.

7.   Nearly all of the Cuban asylum seekers ended up in camps at Guantanamo after the US asylum policy reversal.

8.   None of the Cuban asylum seekers want to return to their homes, the report said.