ANNOUNCER: Bringing you the world for 20 years, this is CNN.</s>JILL DOUGHERTY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Under the new policy, Haitians will be allowed to make their case for asylum and be processed by U.S. Immigration aboard U.S. ships or possibly in other countries.</s>WILLIAM J. CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: When all of this killing started, when it became obvious that the military leaders had no earthly intention of honoring Governors Island or anything approaching it or keeping their commitments, but instead were going to tolerate, organize and abet increased killing in Haiti.</s>DOUGHERTY: The president said the U.S. is not changing its criteria for processing claims. Economic refugees will be returned; political refugees will be resettled outside Haiti. Mr. Clinton denied the new policy would open the flood gates to more Haitians entering the</s>U.S. CLINTON: I hope that we will not have a flood of refugees, but we are increasing our naval resources to deal with them. We are not changing our policy about who can come and who cannot. That is a matter of American law. We are not able to do that, nor should we do that.</s>DOUGHERTY: The new return policy is a result of a six-week review of U.S.-Haiti policy. The U.S. will seek improved enforcement of U.N. sanctions against Haiti, increase humanitarian assistance for Haiti's poor, and provide more human rights monitors. (on camera): President Aristide, meanwhile, called the new return policy a step in the right direction. But he said it will not protect the millions of Haitians who continue to face violence in Haiti.
CNN 20: New U.S. Refugee Policy, May 8, 1994