Haitian refugee crisis
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haitian-refugee-crisis-163-15980624
title:
Haitian refugee crisis
text:
The Haitian refugee crisis, which began in 1991, saw the US Coast Guard collect Haitian refugees and take them to a refugee camp at Guantanamo Bay. They were fleeing by boat after Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected president of Haiti, was overthrown and the military government was persecuting his followers. The first camp reached a maximum of 12,500 people. It was then reduced to 270 refugees who either had HIV or were related to someone who did. The reduction was the result of t
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description:
1991 crisis caused by political unrest
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_refugee_crisis
date created:
2014-08-14T00:13:10Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T13:18:09Z
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