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14 Refugee Reports 1 (1993)

handle is hein.immigration/refgrpt0014 and id is 1 raw text is: Refugee Reports A News Service of the U.S. Committee for Refugees 1025 Vermont Avenue NW. Suite 920 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 347-3507 Volume XIV, Number 1 CINTON CONTINUES SUMMARY RETURN OF HAmIIANS; U.S. LAWYERS INVESTIGATE IN-COUN7RY PROCESSING Fearing a mass exodus of Haitian boat people, President- elect Bill Clinton announced a week before his inauguration that he would continue, at least temporarily, the Bush Ad- ministration policy of summarily returning interdicted Hai- tian boat people. On January 14, Clinton addressed the Haitian people directly in a radio broadcast, saying, I have been deeply concerned by reports that many of you are preparing to travel by boat to the United States, and I fear that boat de- partures in the near future would result in further tragic losses of life. For this reason, the practice of returning those who flee Haiti by boat will continue, for the time being, after I become President. He bluntly said, -Those who do leave Haiti directly by boat will be stopped and directly returned by the United States Coast Guard. He presented them with an alternative. Saying that you do not need to risk your life to apply for refugee status and entry into the United States, he told them, You can apply from within Haiti. through the United States Embassy in Port-au-Prince. He promised that after becoming Presi- dent, he would begin immediately to make it safer and easier to apply for refugee status within Haiti by, among other things, increasing the numbers of U.S. officials posted there for refugee processing. Clinton also said that he would work with the UN and the-OAS to bring substantial numbers of observers into Haiti to help prevent human rights abuses. He said he would also work with deposed President Jean Bertrand Aristide for the restoration of democratic government to Haiti, and that Aristide, with whom he had spoken the previ- ous evening, supported his stance. Coast Guard Blockade Shortly after Clinton's announce- ment, the U.S. Coast Guard announced the launching of Operation Able Manner, surrounding Haiti with 22 U.S. Coast Guard and navy ships, as well as deploying planes and helicopters for surveillance. January 29, 1993 IN THIS ISSUE: President Clinton's long-awaited announcement on his Haitian refugee policy turned out to be, at least temporarily, essentially the same as that of the Bush Administration. U.S. lawyers return from Haiti with a critique of in- country refugee processing Bill Frelick reports ....................... 1 0 Chronology U.S. refugee and asylum programs and priorities, 1992 ................ 6 * Recent Developments Increased U.S. assistance to Euro- pean refugees may force cutbacks elsewhere ............................ 8 Asylum officer corps assessed ..... 9 * Updates Preliminmy injunction prevents implementation of PRP/TRP ..... 12 • Projects and Programs Oregon satellite TV program edu- cates students about refugees ... 14 * Resources .............. 15 * Statistics .............. 16

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