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Moreover, both Bush and Clinton argued unconvincingly that the fleeing Haitians are economic refugees, and therefore unworthy of political asylum. Unfortunately, it is not so easy to distinguish between the two in a country where people are routinely punished for real or suspected political sympathies. Since a military coup overthrew the democratically elected government of Father Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 1991, Amnesty International has documented thousands of beatings, detentions, tortures, "disappearances" and deaths in Haiti...
Although the United Nations deployed human rights observers to Haiti shortly after Clinton's inauguration (and partially at his insistence), the Haitian military has continued to punish political dissent, and applications for political asylum have increased dramatically...
...real difference between the Bush and Clinton policies lies in Clinton's promise that the blockade will be temporary. In order to make palatable a policy he had earlier denounced. Clinton has pledged to increase efforts to restore a democratic government to Haiti, and to quicken the processing of asylum applications. But so far, he has done neither effectively, and the policy of returning Haitians to a dismal and dangerous nation damages his credibility as a humanitarian foreign policymaker...
Additionally, Clinton needs to hasten the process of considering requests for political asylum. Despite his promises, reports indicate that these applications are not being processed any more quickly than before...
...credit, Clinton increased the number of officials responsible for asylum applications in Port-au-Prince last week and authorized $5 million to establish processing activities in more remote areas, are encouraging. But the asylum officials' task remains formidable; recently, applications have been arriving at a rate of nearly...