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http://www.redcross.org
http://crs.org
http://www.msf.org

"Like Havana, Port-au-Prince is part of a growing list of cities in the Caribbean and Latin America that makeup a transnational metropolis where over 65 percent of residents are foreign-born nationals.Haiti's social and political history is intricately connected to United States foreign policy in the Caribbean and beyond. Following the catastrophe in Port-au-Prince Temporary Protection status for Haitians has been granted. Will this tragic event signal a momentous humanitarian shift in immigration policy, because it ultimately hits home?"

via Polis