The Dominicans are right to seek at least a more solid regional commitment. The Haitian refugee crisis in the early 1990’s tragically showed that no country in the region – including the United States, which either repatriated most illegal immigrants or confined them to the hardship of open camps in Guantánamo Bay – was ready to absorb the Haitians who fled their politically torn country.
多米尼加有权寻求至少更加可靠的地区承诺。 20世纪90年代初的海地移民危机悲剧性地表明地区内没有任何一个国家准备接纳逃离政治上四分五裂国家的海地平民，其中也包括美国，美国遣返了多数非法移民，或者把他们送到关塔那摩湾条件恶劣的露天营地关押。