U.S. army prepares Guantanamo Bay for waves of refugees

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The U.S. has begun preparing Guantanamo Bay for Haitians migrants in case of a mass exodus spurred by the earthquake.

Officials confirmed that about 100 tents, each capable of holding 10 people, have been erected already.

They have more than 1,000 more on hand in case waves of Haitians leave their homeland and are captured at sea.

Navy Rear Admiral Thomas Copeman, who commands the site, said they had also tested toilets and were gathering supplies for refugees.

The migrants would be held on the opposite side of the base to the detention centre, where around 200 terrorism suspects are still being held.

They would be separated from prisoners by about two-and-a-half miles of water and would have no contact with prisoners.

The U.S. base in southeastern Cuba is also being used to transport supplies and personnel to the aid effort in Haiti, about 200 miles away.

In the early 1990s, it housed tens of thousands of Haitian boat people were held at Guantanamo until they could be sent home.

Workers have buried 10,000 earthquake victims in a mass grave in just one day as hopes dwindled of finding more survivors.

On a hill north of capital Port-au-Prince, men used earth-movers to shift tons of soil before the bodies were finally laid to rest.

Many had lain festering in the streets for more than a week. The sheer volume meant that there was no time for proper religious burials

(Long article, with many pictures)

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1244958/Haiti-earthquake-U-S-army-prepares-Guantanamo-Bay-waves-refugees.html

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