1. Also, the government has been reportedly approaching third countries, including Pakistan, and asking them to take the refugees. 2. America took the lead on military action against Yugoslavia, but is not yet as bold in taking in refugees. 3. Albanian officials say the cash-strapped government cannot reimburse families who have taken refugees into their homes. 4. Buses have been available for weeks to take refugees to other regions. 5. But after several days at sea the small boats were rescued by U.S. ships, which took the refugees to Guam and Wake Island. 6. But proposals to give food rations and cash subsidies to Albanians who have taken refugees into their homes remain in the discussion stage. 7. But taking in refugees is not what NATO has been talking about. 8. But when the Panamanian government realized that it had misjudged the degree of opposition, it turned around and said it would not take refugees after all. 9. Coast Guard and immigration officials could not recall a recent incident in which a boat taking refugees across the Straits of Florida had caused so many deaths. 10. Empty school buses sat at the city borders throughout the day waiting to take refugees to safety, but few made it. |