81. U.S. officials could not say how long Cubans would be kept at safe havens, or what would happen to those who ultimately are denied refugee status. 82. U.S. officials said the Haitians and Dominicans are being given the opportunity to tell interpreters aboard the cutter Confidence whether they fear persecution and are seeking refugee status. 83. While little is known about Haouari, his immigration files in Canada reflect a determined campaign by him to win refugee status in Canada. 84. When she tried to return to the United States she learned she had forfeited her refugee status. 85. Yet the Home Office has decided that he is not entitled to refugee status. 86. Only those who can prove a risk of being persecuted get refugee status and a shot at resettlement in the West. 87. Pakistan refused Sunday to give refugee status to tens of thousands of Afghans living in squalor in the northwest, despite pleas from the United Nations. 88. --People entering Canada from countries with acceptable records of refugee settlement, such as the United States, should be barred from claiming refugee status. 89. Police said they were only rounding up Afghans without refugee status who lack valid documents and who had violated immigration laws or committed other crimes. 90. A bill making its way through Parliament would tighten screening of people seeking refugee status and make it easier to deport those considered security risks. |