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LSC grantees are permitted to represent several classes of aliens, including lawful permanent aliens, refugees, persons granted asylum, and temporary agricultural workers admitted under the "H-2A" program.
Most British papers led Wednesday with a sudden volte-face by the British government on the number of Kosovo refugees Britain would accept.
After being criticized, especially by the Germans, for only accepting 330 refugees so far (compared with the 10,000 now in Germany, 5,800 in Turkey, 2,354 in France, and 2,166 in Norway), the government announced Tuesday that from now on about 1,000 refugees a week would be flown to Britain from the Balkans.
Elián González was one of three people who survived the sinking of a 17-foot aluminum boat that was carrying 13 Cuban refugees to the United States.
The countries are heading for a showdown over which of them will accept refugees, how many, at what cost, and on what terms, the paper said.