A group of 280 Cuban irregular migrants They were returned this Tuesday by air and sea from the United States, Mexico and the Bahamas, according to information provided by the Ministry of the Interior (Minint).
In a note published on the agency’s website, the US government returned 225 Cuban citizens who were trying to reach its territory through precarious boats or maritime human trafficking operations.
Remember the information that in the joint declaration signed by Cuba in January 2017, USA He promised to implement on all Cuban citizens the same procedure and migratory norms applied to those of other countries, in accordance with their laws and international norms.
The new group is made up of people recently intercepted on the high seas by the US Coast Guard. According to official figures, so far this year 3,999 Cubans detained in these circumstances have been returned to the island.
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In the same period of time, 1,697 Cubans have arrived on the island by air from Mexicoafter the immigration authorities returned a group of 28 people, the publication refers.
The communication from the Minint also points out that from Nassau, Bahamasanother flight transferred 27 people to Cuba, now adding 312 those returned from that country from January to date, all by air.
The Cuban organization adds that for the reception of all irregular Cuban migrants, all internationally established health protocols have been complied with, prior to receiving facilities for the return to their provinces of origin.
Official American statistics recently cited by a office from the AP agency, they report that so far this fiscal year (from last October to date) some 150,000 Cubans have arrived at the southern border of the United States.
In turn, the Coast Guard Service of the northern nation would have reported at the same time the interception of some 4,600 irregular Cuban migrants trying to reach its shores.
The majority of Cubans who try to leave seek to reach Central American nations through different legal channels, where they join the flow of local migrants who seek to enter the United States irregularly.
The exodus of Cubans abroad, especially to the United States, has grown notably in recent months, driven by the serious economic crisis in the countryexacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the expansion of the embargo/blockade imposed by the US government and the scant effect of the measures taken by the island’s executive to deal with these problems.
