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1994 U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
1992 President Bush orders Coast Guard to intercept boats with Haitian refugees 1991 U.S. begins air drops to Kurd refugees in Northern Iraq 1985 16 indicted by U.S. for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees 1982 Seattle Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees 1982 Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins 1965 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to U.S. began 1962 28 refugees escape from East to West Germany 1950 U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954) 1941 Governor-General Wouters of Dutch Antilles refuses Jews refugees 1940 British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk 1940 Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees 1940 Governor of Suriname and Netherlands Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees 1912 Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees 1910 Dominique Pire, Belgium, educator, aided WW II refugees, Nobel 1958 1865 Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands established |
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