Haitian refugees
Displaced island migrants
Haitian refugees are people who have fled Haiti seeking safety or better conditions elsewhere.
Haiti's history of political instability, authoritarian rule, natural disasters, and extreme poverty has produced waves of migration, particularly to the United States.
Haitian refugees arrived by boat in Florida.
The term appears frequently in discussions of U.S. immigration policy, where treatment of Haitian asylum seekers has been controversial.
- boatWatercraft for travel
- oceanMassive saltwater body
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- sea crossingJourney over water
- MiamiSoutheast Florida coastal city
Florida · asylum · seeking asylum · migration · crossing · detention · processing center · coast guard · desperate · boat people · human cargo · Caribbean · dangerous journey · Port-au-Prince · crowded · voyage · freedom · drowning
Haitian refugeeseconomic migrants
Those moving for work
expatriates · naturalized citizens · permanent residents · green card holders · migrant workers