The Immigration Debate Links
Historical and Current Issues of Immigration

Lesson 9: Refugees from the Caribbean: Cuban and Haitian "Boat People"

Cuban Immigration to the United States A chapter from the book Cubans: Their History and Culture. Entire book is online.

The New Cuban Immigration in Context By Max Castro in the October 2002 North-South Agenda. PDF file.

Handling Haitian Refuges Experts discuss American immigration policy toward Haitian refugees. PBS Online NewsHour of October 30, 2002.

Latin America: Background Reports An archive of stories on Latin America from the present to 1996. From PBS Online NewsHour.

Stop Sending Cubans Back to Castro's Gulag A 2003 editorial criticizing U.S. refugee policy toward Cuba. From National Review Online.

Handling Haitian Refugees Experts in 2002 discuss U.S. immigration policy toward Haitians who seek refuge from their impoverished island in the United States. From PBS Online NewsHour.

World Refugee Survey: Americas and Caribbean Survey of refugee experience and migration patterns among and from Latin American and Caribbean nations as well as a look at United States immigration policy toward these groups. From U.S. Committee for Refugees.

Haiti: Refugees and asylum seekers are not part of the conflict A 2004 Amnesty International press release criticizing measures by U.S. and Caribbean governments to prevent those fleeing Haiti from reaching other countries or to forcibly return them to Haiti.

Migration from the Caribbean: Issues for the 1990s Article from The Journal of the International Institute outlining conditions in Caribbean nations, particularly Cuba and Haiti, that drove migration from these countries to the U.S. during the 1990s. From the University of Michigan International Institute.

Migration in the Caribbean: Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Beyond Report offering a historical perspective on migration, particularly undocumented, within and from the Caribbean. From Minority Rights Group International. PDF file.