Cuba received a new flight with 128 irregular migrants deported by the United States, “in compliance with bilateral migration agreements,” reported the island’s Ministry of the Interior (Minint).
The group, made up of 106 men, 21 women and one minor, returned to Cuba on Thursday, the organization detailed on its social networks.
According to the source, with this operation a total of 1,663 people have been returned so far this year from different nations in the region in more than 50 operations to return Cuban migrants.
On Thursday they returned to #Cubavia 128 irregular migrants (106 men, 21 women and one minor) returned by the US authorities, in compliance with bilateral migration agreements. Suman
1663 people returned in 2025. pic.twitter.com/XvDL5JNHgi— MININT_CUBA (@minint_cuba) December 19, 2025
The Cuban authorities have emphasized “their commitment to regular, safe and orderly migration,” while warning about the danger and life-threatening conditions that illegal departures from the country represent.
The Governments of Cuba and the United States have a bilateral agreement so that all migrants who arrive by sea in the United States are deported back to the Caribbean country.
On the other hand, deportation flights that had been suspended since 2020 were resumed at the end of April 2023, mainly for Cubans considered “inadmissible” after being detained on the border with Mexico.
According to data from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), during the 2024 fiscal period a total of 217,615 Cubans arrived in that country, bringing the figure for the last four years to more than 860,000.
The United States sends 22 Cubans to the Guantánamo Naval Base as part of their deportation
With the second term of President Donald Trump, the arrival of migrants to the United States has been reduced very significantly.
Cuba has been experiencing a serious economic crisis for more than five years, which has generated an unprecedented migratory exodus.
