Cuba: New Group of Haitian Migrants Rescued

A group migrants Haitian irregulars who had been stranded in Cayo Francés, north of the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, was rescued and transferred to the mainland by specialized personnel from the island, according to official media.

Although exact figures have not come out, the group that arrived in the Villa Clara municipality of Caibarién would be made up of between 200 and 250 people, including women and children, who will be placed in a temporary reception center for the next few hours. as reported the website Cubadebate.

In these facilities, migrants from Haiti They will receive medical care and the rest of the attention included in the protocol established for these cases, before completing the migratory procedures for their safe and controlled return to their country of origin.

Today #28June A group of Haitian emigrants who arrived in Caibarién on an irregular trip to the United States were rescued. The established protocols were applied and health care provided #CubaSavingLives pic.twitter.com/PFMEJVCi0D

– Vanguard of Cuba (@VanguardiaCuba) June 28, 2022

It is not the first time that an event of this type has occurred on the Cuban coast, where the precarious boats used by irregular Haitian migrants tend to dock to try to reach the Florida coast and settle in US territory in search of a better future.

At the end of last May, one of those boats with more than 800 people on board, capsized off the coast of the same town in Villa Claraforcing the Cuban authorities to deploy a device for their rescue at sea and subsequent location in enclave camping facilities in the vicinity of that territory.

After several days in the country, the Cuban authorities, in coordination with their counterparts in Haiti, guaranteed the return all those rescued by air to their homes.

The arrival of Haitian migrants on Cuban shores has increased in recent times due to the political and economic instability that has generated a climate of insecurity in the small Caribbean nation.

Although no official figures have been disclosed, the administrator of a camp that welcomes this type of immigrant, in the eastern province of Guantánamo, he said last year to the official newspaper Granma that from 2001 to October 2021, 76 vessels from Haiti with more than 4,000 immigrants on board had landed in that territory.