The migratory wave has reached record numbers with more than 240,000 Cubans who crossed the southern border of the United States without documentation in the last 12 months. Only September closed with a daily average of 891 Cubans detained on irregular roads to the world’s largest economy.
To reach the southern border, most Cubans migrate through the Nicaraguan route, arrive there by air and then follow the path to the border between Mexico and the United States, while others cross the dangerous Darién jungle between Colombia and Panama. In the process, some are victims of criminal groups, are extorted or lose their lives.
Between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022, the United States Border Patrol (CBP) detained 224,607 Cubans without documentation, a figure that grows to 471% compared to the same period of fiscal year 2021, or 1,502% in relation to 2020 when the migratory flow decreased due to the closure of the borders due to the pandemic.
Cubans are the fastest growing migratory group, indicate CBP data Updated Friday night. They are followed by Venezuelans with an increase of 275.2% and Nicaraguans by 69.1% as of September 2022.
Last month closed with 26,742 Cubans apprehended by US authorities, the third highest figure in the last year
Cubans detained at the southern border represent 8.1% of the more than 2.7 million migrants who tried to enter the United States in the last eleven months, including Latin Americans, Africans, Russians, Ukrainians and others.
Last month closed with 26,742 Cubans apprehended by US authorities, the third highest figure in the last year and only surpassed by the 32,394 detained in March and the 35,092 in April 2022. Compared to the results of August, according to official data, the migratory flow increased by 6,713 more Cubans who tried to reach the United States.
The number of Cubans who risk crossing the sea towards the Straits of Florida has also increased and, so far in October, some 205 people have managed to make landfall, most of them on rustic rafts that were intercepted by the Border Patrol in the sector. Miami.
The US Coast Guard has this year intercepted 6,182 Cubans trying to reach the country by sea, seven times more than the 838 detained in 2021.
Cubans who touch US soil have more opportunities to receive asylum, while rafters who are intercepted in international waters must prove that they are victims of harassment by the regime, otherwise they are returned to the island.
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