Cuban asylum seekers disappear, one boat arrives
(CNS): Customs and Border Control has confirmed that an unknown number of Cuban migrants have left the jurisdiction. However, more migrants continue to arrive. A vessel carrying four men and one woman landed in East End around 1pm Monday lunchtime. Those five Cubans have disembarked and are being processed in accordance with CBC’s established protocols, according to a release.
Officials said the service is currently in the process of confirming the exact number and identities of the migrants that appear to have departed unofficially by boat. Not all migrants are in detention as they await the outcome of their asylum claims, CBC said. While some are living in civic centres, many are living in the community.
“The total number of migrants that have departed the jurisdiction will fluctuate, as migrants occasionally leave on different voyages,” the CBC said, suggesting that this is not an isolated incident.
Migrants that are released from detention are not electronically monitored, the CBC said, which means officials have to use alternative methods to identify which individuals have left the country and exactly how many have left unofficially.
There were said to be around 180 Cuban migrants, according to the last official count, following a surge in vessels arriving in Cayman waters after the borders began re-opening at the beginning of this year. While there was a steady stream of regular arrivals in April and May, the vessel that arrived on Monday is the first since then.
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Need to track travellers in Cayman? Sounds like a job for Travel Cayman. 🙂
CIG in its infinite wisdom had a bunch housed up at Gun Bay Civic Centre. Place now looks trashed. I wonder how much was spent before and after on that little jolly?
And, of course a certain local security firm was hired to provide a guard and a camera install. But CIG can’t move without that outfit.
May they go and not return
How do you know they even left the Cayman Islands and are not still here, or do we know for fact they have left? Interesting.
Try reading the story in Roatan Hable Claro.
Gone like the wind!
But still us law abiding residents have to go through the protracted process of clearing CBC when leaving and entering Cayman waters just to go fish the offshore banks. If you can’t control you borders with Cuban immigrants then why should we bother
Whilst I ma sure the Cayman authorities are gad to see them go, how exactly do illegal entrants being held pending asylum hearings leave the country without outside assistance or legally? Not hearing of any boats stolen or stowaway on Cayman Airways. Someone is breaking the law – probably for profit – and its not just the migrants.
Ummmm, who is responsible for border control, and do they still have a job?
It is apparently now not our custom to do border control.
Someone should WORC on immigration controls around here.