More Cuban migrants deported back to Havana
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service repatriated another fifteen migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Tuesday. The twelve men and three women departed on a chartered Cayman Airways 737-8 from Grand Cayman at 8:39am and arrived in Cuba at 9:23am. Acting CBC Director Bruce Smith said that more repatriation flights are being coordinated for the very near future.
“Prompt repatriation flights are part of the CBC and the Cayman Islands Government’s approach to managing and expediting matters involving irregular migration,” he said. “Recognising that operations of this nature involve a significant amount of planning and resources, I wish to thank the officers of His Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Service (HMCIPS) and Workforce Opportunities and Residency Cayman (WORC) for their excellent collaboration which contributed to the safety and overall efficiency of the operation.”
Twenty migrants were sent back to Havana just over two weeks ago, reducing the number of Cuban migrants under the control of CBC to 263, all of whom are being housed on Grand Cayman. While Cubans had been arriving weekly during the second half of 2022, arrivals have slowed and the last migrant boat entering Cayman waters was on 17 January, almost one month ago.
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Chartered by CBC and the good people of the Cayman Islands, no doubt. 400+ migrants, repatriated 15-20 at a time every 2 weeks, at $22k per hour, is over a million dollars in private charter services the public purse will eat this year. Just add it to our open CAL tab, nobody is keeping track of that anyway.
Good job!
why?
I hear those cubans sent to the jail have chickenpox? Why would anyone send them to jail knowing others had chickenpox at the Cuban centre? Are they trying to infect the whole prison?