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Guantánamo expands migrant tent city plan
"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The U.S. military has expanded plans for a tent encampment to shelter migrants in the event of a Caribbean boat crisis -- now planning on paper a safe haven for up to 45,000 people.
Since Fidel Castro became ill last year and ceded power in Cuba to his brother Raúl, the Bush administration has been preparing for a theoretical humanitarian relief mission that would accommodate 10,000 people. It could be used for people fleeing a political crisis as well as a natural disaster.
In May, the Navy hired a Jacksonville contractor to build concrete buildings with 525 toilets and 248 showers on an empty corner of the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, base. The military could quickly put up tents, if needed, around the site. The buildings should be completed by next summer at a cost of $16.5 million."
Guantánamo expands migrant tent city plan - 10/19/2007 - MiamiHerald.com
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"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The U.S. military has expanded plans for a tent encampment to shelter migrants in the event of a Caribbean boat crisis -- now planning on paper a safe haven for up to 45,000 people.
Since Fidel Castro became ill last year and ceded power in Cuba to his brother Raúl, the Bush administration has been preparing for a theoretical humanitarian relief mission that would accommodate 10,000 people. It could be used for people fleeing a political crisis as well as a natural disaster.
In May, the Navy hired a Jacksonville contractor to build concrete buildings with 525 toilets and 248 showers on an empty corner of the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, base. The military could quickly put up tents, if needed, around the site. The buildings should be completed by next summer at a cost of $16.5 million."
Guantánamo expands migrant tent city plan - 10/19/2007 - MiamiHerald.com
Guantanamo Map
