41. The interim Haitian police force will consist of officers drawn from the Haitian military and police trainees from the Haitian refugees at Guantanamo Bay U.S. naval base in Cuba. 42. The order from the Immigration and Naturalization Service requires officials here to detain Haitian refugees with plausible asylum claims. 43. The plight of Haitian refugees parallels that of Central Americans, Clinton wrote. 44. Three miles across the bay is a neater set of seven camps sprawled across an abandoned concrete airfield housing the Haitian refugees. 45. To accommodate the Cubans, the administration is rushing to renegotiate agreements with nations that had previously promised to temporarily shelter Haitian refugees. 46. True, this agreement shows a preference for Cuban versus Haitian refugees in general. 47. When Bush ordered the military to intercept Haitian refugees at sea and return them home, presidential candidate Clinton vowed to reverse it and return Aristide to power. 48. Police on Wednesday questioned Haitian refugees who claim an officer shot at and hit passengers on their overcrowded boat. 49. Police investigating the sinking of a boat full of Haitian refugees said Wednesday they are searching for two yachts that were nearby at the time. 50. A federal appeals court temporarily blocked repatriation of Cubans from refugee camps while it decides whether they and Haitian refugees have constitutional rights such as access to lawyers. |