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...course, this isn't the first time Canada has been on the liberal forefront of social or security matters. Indeed, when a gay man fled Argentinean authorities last year, Canada granted him asylum based on his claim of persecution for his sexual preference...
...example is the immigration precedent established last week by the Canadian government. In a decision made by Bernard Valcourt, the Minister of Employment and Immigration, Canada will now consider granting asylum to women who can show persecution as a result of their gender...
...into the arms of their persecutors -- a practice candidate Clinton had denounced as "a blow to America's moral authority in defending the rights of refugees" -- the new Administration said it would open up new refugee-processing centers around the country. But Clinton recognizes that no mere modifications of asylum rules, however humanely intended, can permanently stop the wave of immigrants to U.S. shores. It is much harder -- and much more essential -- to improve the basic economic and political conditions in Haiti that cause its citizens to flee...
...much to help the thousands of poor Haitians who live in fear and oppression. The current 16-member OAS monitoring team has been bottled up in the capital since September: they have no credentials, no cars and no permission to venture into the countryside. When people seeking asylum venture into the U.S. center for processing refugees in Port-au-Prince, they can see the army headquarters just two blocks away. Some are risking their life by even crossing the threshold. When they leave, informers loitering downstairs -- some posing as money changers -- are waiting to report their names to the police...
Aristide supporter Pierre Fequiere, 29, was one of the lucky ones who won the right to seek asylum in the U.S. Arrested after the 1991 coup, he was bound with a cord around his neck and marched off to jail. He lost two teeth when an officer hit him with the butt of a gun. Released provisionally, he fled into the wilderness like the slaves of old. When he returned home, the police tried to gun him down. Days before he got his exit visa to the U.S., soldiers stopped him and kicked him. "If Aristide comes back," he says...