A total of 96 irregular Cuban migrants who were trying to reach the United States were returned to the island this Friday, July 22, in two separate operations by air and sea, in conjunction with the Mexican government and the US Coast Guard, reported the Ministry of the Interior. Interior (Minint) in a release.
“This Friday morning, a flight from Mexico arrived in the country with 49 Cuban citizens, 15 women and 24 men, who left Cuba legally and joined the irregular flow of migrants seeking to reach the United States,” the statement said. Minint note.
According to the report, 28 operations of this type have already been carried out during 2022, through which a total of 1,459 citizens have returned to Cuba from the Aztec nation.
Meanwhile, the United States Coast Guard service returned this Friday to 47 irregular migrants through the Port of Orozco, in Mariel, in the 55th operation of this type in the current year. In this way, 1,640 people have been returned to the country, the Minint note specifies.
The Cuban immigration authorities assured that in 2022, 99 air and sea operations have been carried out, in which 4,361 irregular migrants have returned to the island, who have received “health care corresponding to established international protocols” before traveling to their places. of residence.
The Minint’s own statement reiterated its commitment to “orderly and safe migration” and insisted on the dangers that irregular migration represents, “in which many are exposed to dangerous situations.”
