The authorities of Mexico They returned a group of 37 irregular migrants to Cuba, according to official sources on the island.
These are 29 men and 8 women who were returned by the “José Martí” International Airport, as reported in a Press release the Ministry of the Interior (Minint).
In this way, there are 232 people returned to Cuba by this route from Mexico this year in four air operations.
Regarding the new repatriates, the Minint explained that “26 had traveled to countries in the area legally and later joined irregular routes to try to reach the border with the United States.”
Meanwhile, another 11 people “left the country illegally.”
Cuba maintains that it maintains its commitment “to a regular, safe and orderly migration” and insists on “the danger and life-threatening conditions represented by illegal departures from the country by sea,” recalls a dispatch from the agency EFE.
In the last year, the southern border of the United States has welcomed a record number of migrants from the island, which exceeded 220,000 in fiscal year 2022 —between October 1, 2021 and September 30, 2022—, according to the Office of Customs and Border Protection of said nation.
Faced with this situation, Washington included Cubans at the beginning of this year in a policy to welcome 30,000 monthly migrants from the island, Venezuela, Haiti and Nicaragua.
In parallel, it established the expulsion to Mexico —with the acceptance of the Mexican authorities— of migrants from those countries, including Cuba, who try to cross into its territory irregularly.
EFE / OnCuba
