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U.S. Policy on Cuban, Haitian Refugees Differs Greatly NPR's Bob Edwards examines the difference in U.S. policy towards refugees from Haiti and Cuba. He talks with Nancy Soderberg, a National Security Council official in the Clinton administration and vice president of the International Crisis Group. Soderberg explains why Cubans generally have an easier time gaining political asylum.

U.S. Policy on Cuban, Haitian Refugees Differs Greatly

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NPR's Bob Edwards examines the difference in U.S. policy towards refugees from Haiti and Cuba. He talks with Nancy Soderberg, a National Security Council official in the Clinton administration and vice president of the International Crisis Group. Soderberg explains why Cubans generally have an easier time gaining political asylum.