Escape to Miami : An Oral History of the Cuban Rafter Crisis

Oxford University Press Inc

While the Naval base in Guant\u00C3\u00A1namo Bay, Cuba is well-known for its infamous prison camp, few people are aware of its prior use as an immigrant detention center for Haitian and Cuban refugees. Beginning in August 1994, the United States government declared that thousands of Cubans who had launched themselves into the Florida Straits on rickety rafts were \""illegal refugees\"" and sent them to join over fifteen thousand Haitians already being held on Guant\u00C3\u00A1namo after fleeing a violent coup in Haiti.Escape to Miami recounts the gripping stories of the rafters who were detained in Guant\u00C3\u00A1namo during the 1994-1996 Cuban Rafter Crisis. After working in the camps for a year as an employee of the U.S. Justice Department, Elizabeth Campisi conducted life history interviews with twelve of the\n\nEscape to Miami\nAn Oral History of the Cuban Rafter Crisis\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tra;