Navigated a hopeful better future in perilous waters
from hell-sent dictator Jean-Bertrand Aristide's ferocious dictatorship and abject poverty
. July 7, 2003 |
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| Some of 464 Haitian refugees waiting in line to be processed by Haitian
authorities after being repatriated to the Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in
Carrefour, Haiti, by the US Coast Guard cutter Tampa on Saturday, July 5, 2003. The
refugees, among them 105 women, were intercepted on two boats the US Coast Guard said were
overloaded and unsafe. Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or Bahamas again next
week. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| A Haitian refugee is helped from a Haitian Coast Guard launch onto the
wharf of the Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti, after the launch
brought her from the US Coast Gaurd Cutter Tampa on Saturday, July 5, 2003. A total of 464
refugees, among them 105 women, were intercepted by the Tampa on two boats the US Coast
Guard said were overloaded and unsafe. Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or
Bahamas again next week. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel |
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| Haitian refugee Yvonna Eugene, 17, just repatriated by the US Coast Guard
Cutter Tampa to the Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti, holds an
American flag as she waits for the US$7 handout Haitian authorities give refugees, usually
not enough to pay for busfare home, on Saturday, July 5, 2003. Smiling, Eugene said, 'I
will keep trying until I make it' to the US. She said she brought the flag so she could
celebrate US Indepdence Day if she made it to shore. A total of 464 refugees, among them
105 women, were intercepted by the Tampa on two boats the US Coast Guard said were
overloaded and unsafe. Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or Bahamas again next
week. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian refugees, just repatriated by the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa to
the Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti, waiting for the US$7
handout Haitian authorities give refugees, usually not enough to pay for busfare home, on
Saturday, July 5, 2003. A total of 464 refugees, among them 105 women, were intercepted by
the Tampa on two boats the US Coast Guard said were overloaded and unsafe. Many refugees
vowed to try to reach the US or Bahamas again next week. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian refugees standing in line waiting for the the US$7 handout
Haitian authorities give refugees, usually not enough to pay for busfare home, on the
wharf of the Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti, after being
repatriated by the US Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, on Saturday, July 5, 2003. A total of 464
refugees, among them 105 women, were intercepted by the Tampa on two boats the US Coast
Guard said were overloaded and unsafe. Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or
Bahamas again next week. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian refugee Cynthia Pierre, 38 , just repatriated by the US Coast
Guard Cutter Tampa to the Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti,
crying as she waits for the US$7 handout Haitian authorities give refugees, which is
usually not enough to pay for busfare home, on Saturday, July 5, 2003. A total of 464
refugees, among them 105 women, were intercepted by the Tampa on two boats the US Coast
Guard said were overloaded and unsafe. Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or
Bahamas again next week. (AP Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Some of 464 Haitian refugees on board a Haitian Coast Guard launch
carrying them from the US Coast Guard cutter Tampa to the the Haitian base Amiral Killick
in Carrefour, Haiti, by the on Saturday, July 5, 2003. The refugees, among them 105 women,
were intercepted by the Tampa on two boats the US Coast Guard said were overloaded and
unsafe. Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or Bahamas again next week. (AP
Photo/Daniel Morel) |
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| Haitian refugee 'Ti Chou' Gustave, 40, widow and mother of five children, wearing a
towel because her shirt was lost, stands on the wharf of the Haitian Coast Guard base
Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti, after she was repatried from the US Coast Gaurd Cutter
Tampa on Saturday, July 5, 2003. A total of 464 refugees, among them 105 women, were
intercepted by the Tampa on two boats the US Coast Guard said were overloaded and unsafe.
Many refugees vowed to try to reach the US or Bahamas again next week. (AP Photo/Daniel
Morel) |
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| More than 450 would-be Haitian immigrants were returned to their homeland after being
intercepted at sea by US authorities.(AFP/File/Thony Belizaire) |
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Life savers for Haiti - July 7, 2003 |
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Sun-Sentinel/Taimy Alvarez, July 5, 2003 |
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