The United States estimates that if the pace is maintained, by the end of the fiscal year some 245,000 Cubans will have entered.
EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, August 1, 2024 — Cuba received this Wednesday 32 irregular migrants returned by the United States Coast Guard Service (USCG), which now totals 899 deported to the Island from different countries in 56 returns so far in 2024, official media reported. This new group is made up of 26 men and six women who had participated in an illegal exit from the country and were later intercepted by the US Coast Guard.
After their arrival at the port of Orozco, in the western province of Artemisa, an investigation was initiated against one of the rafters “for allegedly having committed a crime,” according to a statement from the Ministry of the Interior.
The governments of Havana and Washington have a bilateral agreement for all migrants arriving by sea on US territory to be returned t