This Thursday, Cuba received 82 irregular migrants deported from the USin what represents the fourth aerial repatriation operation since the beginning of the president’s second mandate Donald Trump.
Among those returned there are 74 men and 8 womenwho returned to the country as part of the bilateral migratory agreements between Havana and Washingtonaccording to official sources.
This bilateral agreement establishes that all Cuban migrants who arrive by the sea to US territory will be deported to the island.
With this new operation, it rises to 15 The number of returns made in 2025 from various countries in the region. In them 450 people have already returned to the islandaccording to the Interior Ministry.
This Thursday the return to #Cuba of 82 irregular migrants (74 men and eight women) on flight from the United States. With this operation, they add 15 returns from different countries in the region in 2025, with a total of 450 people. pic.twitter.com/mokbcq8k6z
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A FEBRUARY MININT REPORT This year placed the number of deportees from different countries in 296 for 11 returns.
According to these data from the Cuban authorities, 4 more returns have been made in two months and Cubans returned in 154 have increased, for a total of 450 so far this year.
In that sense, the Cuban authorities reiterated their commitment to a “Regular, safe and orderly” migrationemphasizing the dangers facing those who try to leave the country illegally, especially by sea.
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From the resumption of flights of deportation At the end of April 2023, suspended since 2020, Cuban migrants considered “inadmissible” and remain retained at the Mexican border are sent back to Cuba, he said EFE.
According to data from the Customs Office and Border Protection (CBP), During fiscal year 2024, a total of 217 615 Cubans arrived in that country.
According to the United States Coast Guardin that fiscal year (2024), initiated in October 2023, The coastguards repatriated 348 migrants to Cuba. The number of deportees in that year from the US is even greater if those returned by air are taken into account.
In October 2024, the first month of fiscal year 2025, 8261 Cubans were registered on the US border.
According to EFEin the last four years, more than 860,000 Cuban migrants have entered the US.
The main cause lies in part in the economic crisis that affects the islandcharacterized by food, medicine and fuel, high inflation, prolonged power cuts and a partial dollarization of the economy.
According to official data, In 2024, 93 returns from Cuban migrants from several countries were registered, with a total of 1384 people deported to Cuba as part of migratory agreements with the region.
The Cuban authorities continue to highlight the risks associated with illegal migration, while promoting compliance with bilateral agreements to manage migratory flow in an orderly manner.
