But. as promising as the new agreement is. it will be some time before we can be certain it will be im..9OM9 (--. Vol 1:18 (Pt 3)29 plemented. We still need this legislation to relieve the current situation and to establish a humane framework for United States policy toward Haitian refugees either in the event the Protocol fails to end the crisis or during the indefinite period it will take for the Protocol to be fully implemented. In the 5 months since the coup. the Haitian people have suffered tremendously and continue to suffer. Thousands have sought refuge from increasing economic hardship and the continuing repression and violation of human rights by the Haitian military by taking to the sea in small. often unseaworthy boats in an attempt to reach the United States. As of Tuesday. February 25. 1992. 15.826 Haitians have been picked up in such boats by the Coast Guard. 5.213 have been found by the Immigration and Naturalization Service to have a sufficient fear of persecution should they be returned that they have been given permission to enter the United States to pursue their claims for political asylum. Most others have been. or are scheduled to be. sent back to Haiti. From the beginning.
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