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1 SAIS Rev. Int'l Aff. 71 (1981)
Haitian Refugees: A Dilemma for the United States

handle is hein.journals/susrwoil1 and id is 240 raw text is: HAITIAN REFUGEES: A DILEMMA FOR THE UNITED STATES Eulalia D. de Conde No contracting State shall expel or return a refugee in any manner whatsoever to the frontiers of territories where his life or freedom would be threatened on account of his race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion.' UN Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees Traditionally, the United States has been a haven for refugees and, in the past, the American people have responded generously to the plight of the uprooted. U.S. laws have provided for the acceptance of large numbers of immigrants and refugees, and have granted discretion to the attorney general to abstain from deporting persons who would be subject to persecution in their homeland. Refugees themselves have preferred the United States over other countries because of its freedom of activity and opportunities for work. In 1968, the Senate ratified the UN Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees and committed itself to the doctrine of nonrefoulement. In 1980, the Refugee Act codified the protocol standards into U.S. statutory law. The prohibition against expulsion of a refugee ceases to exist if he may be dangerous to the security of the United States. 'Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Convention and Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, HCR/INF/29/Rev. 3 (New York: United Nations, 1978). Eulalia D. de Conde is a candidate for the M.A. degree at The American University. She has served as a staff member of the Economic Commission for Latin America in her native Chile. The text of this article is drawn from a paper presented before the Association of Professional Schools in International Affairs (APSIA) in March 1981. 71

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