Talk:Haitian refugee crisis

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Rough Draft

Note: This draft is slim on sources, I will add many more for the one. Intro

There was a surge of Haitian refugees seeking asylum after the overthrow of Aristide[978-0-313-29344-3]. In 1991 the US began rerouting refugees to Guantanamo [1]. The camp quickly grew to a large tent city ["Refugee camp for Haitians at base rapidly filling up". The Hartford Courant (1923-1991); Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn., United States. 1991-11-28. pp. –35. Retrieved 2017-02-27.]. Haitians protested their treatment at the camp including hunger strikes[2] The camp was highly controversial, especially during the presidential campaign. After becoming president, Bill Clinton decided to continue the camp set up by George H. W. Bush although Clinton had campaigned against it [3]. Part of the Naval Base was turned into an HIV camp called Camp Bulkeley where the refugees reportedly suffered major human rights violations.[978-0-313-29344-3]

Background:

Haitian refugees had been escaping to the United States by boat since the 1960s. The number in people attempting the dangerous journey ebbed and flowed with waves of political violence in Haiti. Previous refugees had been escaping repression from dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier and later escaping those who replaced Jean-Claude Duvalier. Widespread political violence decreased under President Aristide then again increased after a coup that overthrew him. The repression following the coup led to the increase in people trying to escape during the early 1990s.

Policies

Under Bush:

At first President George H. W. Bush had all undocumented Haitians found at sea repatriated. However after public pressure, he had them taken to what became a tent city in Guantanamo instead of forcibly repatriating them to a dangerous situation. The refugees were tested for HIV. More than 200 tests came back positive. These refugees were quarantined in Camp Bulkeley in Guantanamo.

Under Clinton

Presidential Candidate Bill Clinton condemned President Bush's refugee camp in Guantanamo. However, after taking office, he changed his position and continued the program at Guantanamo. It grew substantially under his leadership until the refugees were either allowed to go to the US or repatriated in 1994 when the US occupied Haiti.

Rem1419 (talk) 14:52, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

References

Organization

Today I want to propose an organization for the entire article. Rem1419 (talk) 01:24, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Introduction/Summary

Background

Events

Policies

Under Bush

Under Clinton

Government Hearings

Legal Implications

Refugee or Economic Migrant?

Constitutional Rights at Guantanamo

The Controversy of Haiti and Cuba — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rem1419 (talk • contribs) 01:48, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Haitian Resilience and Resistance

After the fact

This structure makes sense to me. I do think you should considering shortening some of your headings to be more concise/in line with Wikipedia's structure (say, eliminating "around the time period" or changing "description of what happened" to "Events" or something that captures your goals more precisely).

Have you thought about including a timeline to help your readers? You might also look at the materials available on Wikimedia Commons. Katherine.Holt (talk) 16:45, 23 March 2017 (UTC)

This is a rough draft of the intro Rem1419 (talk) 02:44, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

There was a surge of Haitian refugees seeking asylum after the overthrow of Aristide[978-0-313-29344-3]. In 1991 the US began rerouting refugees to Guantanamo [4]. The camp quickly grew to a large tent city ["Refugee camp for Haitians at base rapidly filling up". The Hartford Courant (1923-1991); Hartford, Conn. Hartford, Conn., United States. 1991-11-28. pp. –35. Retrieved 2017-02-27.]. Haitians protested their treatment at the camp including hunger strikes[5] The camp was highly controversial, especially during the presidential campaign. After becoming president, Bill Clinton decided to continue the camp set up by George H. W. Bush although Clinton had campaigned against it [6]. Part of the Naval Base was turned into an HIV camp called Camp Bulkeley where the refugees reportedly suffered major human rights violations.[978-0-313-29344-3]

Hello! Thanks to whomever started this page! I would like to help this article along. I have several sources I think will be very beneficial for expanding this article. I thought I would post a few of them below. Looking forward to working on this article! Rem1419 (talk) 18:59, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

Paik, A. Naomi. “Carceral Quarantine at Guantánamo.” Radical History Review, no. 115 (Winter 2013): 142–68. doi:10.1215/01636545-1724751.

United States. Detainee Operations at Guantanamo Bay: Hearing before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held June 29, 2005. iii, 45 pages. Washington: U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2007. https//catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100680567.

“HIV-Infected Haitian Refugees Sent to U.S. From Guantanamo.” Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Los Angeles, Calif. April 6, 1993, sec. Orange County.

Times, BARBARA CROSSETTE Special to The New York. “House Passes Bill to Let Haitians Stay at Guantanamo for 6 Months.” New York Times. February 28, 1992, sec. INTERNATIONAL.

Haines, David W., ed. Refugees in America in the 1990s: A Reference Handbook. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996.

Times, PHILIP J. HiLTS Special to The New York. “7 Haitians Held at Guantanamo Unconscious in a Hunger Strike.” New York Times. February 15, 1993, sec. INTERNATIONAL.

U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Haiti :hearing before the Legislation and National Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, April 9, 1992. Washington :, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/pur1.32754062780279.

Lead

I think that your article is really concise, and has a really consistent tone that makes it really accessible. I do think that your lead could be edited, with some like paragraph formatting (like breaking it up) and making it very obviously your lead. I also don't think that "refugees held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base." should be bolded, because it makes it look kind of separate from the rest of the article to me. Elyseeche (talk) 15:39, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

Peer Edit Recommendations

I really like the content that you have so far. You have a lot of information, and a variety of sources to back up what you have so far.

Going forward, I like your tentative organization for the article. As you continue working, I really think the article will come along well and have plenty of verifiable sources and definitely qualify as a "good" article. I went ahead and outlined below what I think would make the article clear and concise for your final draft.

Introduction:

I really like your introduction, but for the most part, I think you can cut a lot of it down and save some of the more specific information for your other sections. I think that keeping the introduction short will make it less repetitive when you elaborate further.

"Over the years the United States has interned a varying number of Refugees held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.[1][2] In 1991 a coup in Haiti overthrew the first democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, triggering a flood of refugees."
It presents a nice overview of your topic.  Then, you can elaborate further by saying something like "Since over 30,00 Haitian refugees have been held at Guantanamo."  For the intro article, that would give enough information to lead into your next sections.

Sections to the article: I really like your sections on the legal implications, and I think it's important to talk about. Along with Professor Holt's comment, do you think adding a timeline after the introduction section would help? Since you plan on focusing mostly on the policies under Bush and Clinton, a timeline could be useful in conceptualizing the period in which all of this occured.

Otherwise, I really like where you are going with this so far, and it was a topic I didn't know much about until now.

Sezshana (talk) 15:51, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

"Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected president of Haiti, was overthrown and the military government was persecuting his followers.[2]"

Overthrown by WHOM?

---Dagme (talk) 03:16, 11 December 2018 (UTC)