More than 150 Cubans who tried to emigrate were returned to the Island this Wednesday alone. Most of them, 116, were repatriated on a flight from Mexico in an operation that is already number 15 so far this year from different countries, according to data from the Directorate of Identification, Immigration and Aliens belonging to the Ministry of the Interior.
in a note published In the diary Granmait is indicated that 80 men and 36 women who left Cuba illegally and arrived in Mexico on their way to the United States returned on a flight to the José Martí International Airport in Havana “in compliance with the Cuban-Mexican migration agreements.”
Upon arrival, all the people in the group were subjected to health control and later sent to their provinces of origin.
To this number must be added 42 people – 35 men and seven women – returned from the US by the Coast Guard Service through the port of Orozco, in Artemisa. This group was formed from three interceptions at sea of migrants who left Cuba in precarious boats.
The Cuban immigration authorities indicated that at the end of 2021, 71 operations had been carried out and 1,580 people had been returned.
According to the note GranmaSo far this year, 695 people have been returned to the island, 333 by the US Coast Guard, 326 from Mexico and 36 from the Bahamas.
The official note insists, as usual, that the US encourages illegal immigration by maintaining the Cuban Adjustment Act and affirms that Cuba maintains its commitment to maintaining a legal migratory flow.
The Cuban exodus has grown notably in recent months. Cuban immigration authorities indicated that at the end of 2021, 71 operations had been carried out and 1,580 people had been returned.
The visa waiver for Nicaragua has triggered emigration data from the island, which uses Managua as a springboard to reach the US. When the measure was announced, politicians from different countries warned of the movement as a measure of pressure on Washington.
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