European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 19, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 15haitians wait in immigration limbo weary refugees eager to get on with their lives by Dan Sewell associated press writer Guantanamo Bay naval base Cuba a haitians in the . Military tent City Are tired tired of doing nothing and tired of wondering whether the United states will admit them. _ y Henry 23, brought Here nov. 25 after being intercepted on his Way from Haiti a this is not the Way to live a said John ought n _ up. To the United states. A nobody tells you nothing. In be been Here too Long. I want to move on the next plane a we just sit Here and lie around. In a not used to just sitting around a said Pierre Doy 22, a chauffeur for the haitian government that was overthrown last september. The coup spurred an exodus of haitians who have mostly wound up at this . Navy base in immigration limbo. Their cases will be decided by the Federal government and courts. A these folks have been Here a Long time a said Marine Brig. Gen. George Walls who helps run the tent City on the base at cubans Southeastern tip. A Over time people get frustrated tensions Rise. They re anxious to get on with their the Camp Wasny to meant to last but Walls said it will a until we get a court decision and a firm policy. Things that Are Way out of my there were 6,975 haitians Here last thursday. Some have been in the Camp since it opened with 483 haitians on nov. 13 after Federal courts halted the near automatic returns of the boat people intercepted at sea. A Federal court hearing in Atlanta on wednesday May Lead to a Resolution. But for now thousands of refugees spend most of their Days lying on cots packed into military tents on the steamy Tarmac of an old Airfield. Haitians walk around Guantanamo Bay Cuba where some of the Reft gees have been living since the Camp opened nov. 13. They swarm around visiting reporters asking questions passing slips of paper with names and addresses of relatives in these folks have been Here a Long time. Over time people get frustrated tensions Rise. They re anxious to get on with their lives a Marine Brig Gen. George Walls the United states or simply grumbling. A we have a lot of problems a Bernadin Charles said. A a there a too much heat. We re getting there have been 766 haitians sent on to the United states from the tent City to seek permanent residency base officials said. . Immigration officials contend that haitians usually leave their impoverished Homeland for economic not political reasons and thus done to qualify for Asylum. The haitians who spoke with reporters told of being shot at and chased or threatened by the soldiers who overthrew populist Leader Jean Bertrand Aristide Haiti a first freely elected president. But they said immigration officers who interviewed them at sea showed Little interest in their stories. Most who spoke thursday said they had been Here months without being interviewed by immigration teams. A there is a lot of Mouth but no action a Maxo Sterling 27, said. A i done to even think that immigration knows that in a All those interviewed said they would wait As Long As it takes to get to the United states. They said the situation in Haiti where a provisional government is in charge remains dangerous. A haitian woman totes a bucket of water Back to her tent on thursday. Striking koreans build barriers to repel possible police assault Ulsan South Korea apr thousands of workers holed up inside South koreans largest Auto Plant used new trucks cars and tires saturday to reinforce barricades against a possible police . Steel Rry of o. Motor co. Plant in this Industrial port the government has said the Plant takeover is illegal and promised to use Force to drive the 10,000 workers out if they do not leave. News reports saturday quoted unidentified sources As saying that 15,000 riot police would be sent to Ulsan. Police checkpoints were set up on roads leading to the Plant and cars and pedestrians were stopped and searched. A police helicopter flew Over the Plant and dropped thousands of leaflets urging workers to go Home witnesses said. Hyundai closed the Plant on wednesday a Day after the workers 30,000-member Union voted to Call a strike if workers were not paid extra year end bonuses. On Friday 1,000 company managers tried to enter the Plant but were driven Back by protesters hurling rocks and Auto parts. The company said 10 managers were injured. The National police chief Kim won Han and labor minister Choi Byung Yul said police would be sent into the Plant if Union members continued to refuse to return to work. A we will defend ourselves against a possible police raid a said Union Leader Park Sang Chull. He said workers would fight. The Hyundai dispute began dec. 17 when Union members demanded special bonuses citing the company a brisk performance. The management said the company could not afford suffers slight injuries in 11 the floor suicide leap Paris up a a Young Man who fell from the 11th floor of his building picked himself up off the ground dusted himself off and took the elevator Back up to his apartment authorities said Friday. The 20-year-old resident of the sprawling mantes la Jolie housing project on the outskirts of Paris locked himself into his bedroom after a family Row then threw himself out of the window in a suicide attempt. His 11-Story plunge was broken by a tree the Man went Back upstairs and rang the Doorbell to the amazement of his family. Neighbors who witnessed the jump called ambulances. Medical personnel succeeded in persuading the Man to accompany them to a Hospital where staff could Only find very minor cuts and bruises. His condition was a extraordinary and astonishing a one doctor said
