14ymedio, Havana, October 17, 2023 — Some 2,430 Cubans have applied for asylum in Spain so far this year, according to data presented by the Ministry of the Interior of that country. The Island exceeded the 2022 statistics by 1,038 cases, when 1,392 applications were submitted, going from tenth place on the list to fifth.
However, the number of Cubans who have been granted protection has been extremely low: just 10 at the end of the third quarter of the year.
The data also reveal that about 622 applications from Cubans have been rejected so far, and in no case has asylum been granted for humanitarian reasons, a process from which Venezuelans have benefited, with 38,179 cases approved so far this year.
Another 3,619 files of migrants from the Island are pending approval by the Office of Asylum and Refuge of Spain.
With Cuba in fifth place by the number of applications submitted, the list is headed by Venezuela, with 46,585 cases, followed by Colombia (41,769), Peru (11,116) and Honduras (2,957).
The list is headed by Venezuela, with 46,585 cases, followed by Colombia, Peru and Honduras
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