Nine more Cuban migrants arrive on Brac
(CNS): Another nine Cuban migrants in two separate boats arrived on the south side of Cayman Brac around 4:30pm on Tuesday, the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) has reported. The latest arrivals are being processed on the Brac, where there are now more than a hundred migrants being held at temporary housing created on the Agricultural Grounds until they can be transported to Grand Cayman.
By the end of September government had spent around CI$1.3 million on supporting migrants, including those who have been here for some time and the dozens of new arrivals this year.
Last week officials outlined some of the challenges that CBC faces, such as the lengthy process of dealing with asylum claims. But there are also concerns about the poor quality of the vessels and inadequate supplies aboard the small boats that are carrying the Cubans on their perilous journey, usually to Central America.
CBC has also been dealing with inquiries from Cubans who have not heard from their family members. “CBC is being inundated with requests from people in Cuba seeking information on their loved ones who embarked on the dangerous journey,” the minister for border control, Chris Saunders, said last week as he noted the desperate circumstances that are driving people to leave Cuba.
The journey from Cuba to Honduras is over seven hundred miles but in some cases the migrants have already run out of food and even water by the time they reach Cayman Brac.
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Please do remember that they are human beings trying to do their very best. I would suggest that the refugees that many scorn are actually the best kind of people to accommodate. They have something about them: courage and determination for instance.
I know I will receive many down-thumbs but I respect the human being that will risk all to venture forward to a more prosperous life – fleeing oppression.
We have it good here. Put yourself in their shoes.
I’ve heard so many times that we are a Christian People. Are we??
this looks like an invasion
Send them back ASAP!
Why are we even processing these people who are forcing themselves upon us? Our people are struggling to make ends meet and govt is spending on these people? Send them on their way or put them on the next plane back!!!
International law requires countries to assist undocumented individuals who arrive at their borders, so Cayman has to help them. We have attempted to send them back, but it’s the Cuban Government that delays these efforts, so we’re put in a sticky situation.