European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 04, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Cuban refugees waiting for instant Freedom of k l. In. Tier Atic Kwiec i i dec k in a Sander sol a. Tit stepped As Horta in tin Freedan Fia lit Tia. Thah night him it. I w est by that was i m met Apt a embittered Sander paces restless behind a Bervyn Len is inside t refugee Cruces sir. Caner in North we a. Says lilt in t much different from. That in in f. Bur. In in it left behind "1 lie build us it would take three Days Lor like process ing Ulici we a told Poaul and Laak c jobs and Stan Cru p Rte said Sanchez a Diey Mechanic w to started t Lizur Vear c burp is a. To err year for miss in Hole i a wife and three Chi idler at Home and a rus Despe ule u a int therr. Here need Earr. Nittine u Send or he said i was v her a Nec Aike ver to now 1 Leei a. Sanchez is not alone in being disillusioned the Mern rent says More than 4u.tio l refugees have keen resettled in the i a but More than hah of the. Over want to stir the pot up. The put a titled Over at fort Liberty the weekend Belo e Wittst. As several Hundred refugees Many throwing Racks tried u Force their Way out. Two refugees were hospitalized with self inflicted wounds and a third was treated after intentionally drinking shampoo. Some 1.000 air Force Militar police and . Marshals arc struggling in keep order As sporadic Fence jumping continue. Fema and the air Force who began receiving Refu gees with Only a few Days notice keep coming up with new diversions basketball courts a Camp newspaper a Post office movies lots of cigarettes to satisfy the heavy nicotine habit Many cubans have after refugee threw rocks at some of the military Cooks heavy helpings of the cuban Staples Rice and Beans were added to meals. And officials have cautioned the refugees with perhaps the strongest deterrent that troublemakers will be the ones resettled. In the Green Hills of Centra Pennsylvania the Casip at fort Indiantown Cap has been a Model of peace no group escapes no major brawls a fast starting processing system. The first refugees were resettled 10 Days after its opening May 18. Barracks buildings Are spread Over 19,200 acres nestled in the picturesque Allegheny mountains. Recreation facilities Art ample and English classes have begun. There s a lot of space they re not cramped. We be been Able to get them in touch with their relatives within four hours after they get Here said army capt. Bob Mirelson Mirelman said local reaction to the a fluid. Has been cubans arriving at the facility for processing i restrained. I Don t think they be noticed anything wrong he said. Jose Suarcz. 27, said his Only concern is that his parents in Cuba Don t know he s Safe. Some people died coming Here. 1 Hope my parents Aren t worrying he said. We Are treated Well and Are Happy. But we Are anxious to leave. Our minds Are on reunions with our families and going to at Arkansas fort Chaffee. Refugees began arriving three weeks ago and arc housed in 200 relatively spacious army Barracks with dozens of Grassy acres. Recreation flourishes. So docs a Black Market where a handful of cigarettes buys clothes a hand in a card game or sexual favors. Army civil and Fema officials meet nightly with elected Barracks and Block leaders and four area yet fear and tension Are rampant As last weekend s rioting demonstrated. Fangi a Toht task is often difficult refugees say cuban police stripped them of All pieces of paper before they left. Few knew their relatives addresses or Telephone numbers by memory a few outsmarted cuban authorities a to Tiki my vital information on their bodies. Government interviews with some 31.000 refugees Faund 88 percent had relatives in the United states Man were in the dad county area around Miami. For those with relatives elsewhere or with a relatives in the United states resettlement has been n frustrating process those with no relatives such As Sanchez could wait two months or More Whilt Volunteer agencies find appropriate sponsors. A three step resettlement process health Clear Ance Security clearance and sponsorship has admitted take longer to swing into gear than Federal official expected. This in t the Type of thing we usually Deal said Tom Casey heading cuban refugee operations for the Federal emergency management Agency a disaster a usually i Static situation the Hurri Cane comes through then you go in and find this Many homeless this Many roads out. This much damage but this is unpredictable we Don t know what it it going to the Federal government did t mkt Over resco Tiedem refugees Rushing toward & front Gate at fort Chaffee ark., As rioting erupted sunday po9e u the stars to stripes wednwdv.4 Kove a Fin Salt "5%l Tom i Turt up1i fun
