Tag: Cuban migrants
Home affairs berates HRC for going public
(CNS): The home affairs ministry, which is facing a catalogue of problems relating to the detention of Cuban migrants, was shooting the messenger Monday when it berated the Human Rights Commission for making public letters it had sent to the authorities regarding the information it discovered by speaking with refugees. Officials from the premier’s ministry […]
Cubans allege sexual assaults at centres
(CNS): The Human Rights Commission has raised concerns with the premier’s home affairs ministry over the treatment of Cuban migrants, including allegations that female detainees have been sexually assaulted at detention centres and guards are sharing drugs with migrants. Writing to the ministry’s chief officer, Eric Bush, HRC Chair James Austin-Smith highlighted ongoing problems with the […]
Cubans put to work dismantling boat
(CNS): A Cuban migrant vessel beached in South Sound was removed at the weekend with the help of some of the Cuban migrants themselves. The boat was abandoned at the shoreline one month ago when the people on board were taken into custody because it was unseaworthy and could not carry them any further. While […]
Cops pepper spray Cuban in wake of brawl
(CNS): A Cuban migrant who was being housed at the Bodden Town Civic Centre was taken to hospital yesterday after he was peppered sprayed by police. The man was involved in a brawl with another detainee over stolen shoes but it seemed the trouble escalated when more of the refugees got involved in the fight. The […]
Beached Cuban boat irritates residents
(CNS): An abandoned Cuban boat that is currently beached at the water’s edge in South Sound, near to Miss Lassie’s House, is irritating residents. A group of Cuban migrants arrived in the vessel two weeks ago and it has been sitting there since. Despite complaints, the authorities explained that there are some challenges in moving […]
Over 100 Cubans held after new group arrives
(CNS): The number of Cuban migrants at the Immigration Detention Centre has soared to 116 after another 48 people arrived over the last few days packed into a makeshift vessel. The group of 37 men and 11 women first arrived in Cayman Brac on Sunday and were met by local authorities, but the group said […]
Cubans crammed on 25ft boat off Brac coast
(CNS): A group of nineteen Cubans were in local waters Friday but continued on with their journey. Officials said that 18 men and one woman were packed aboard a 25-foot boat with no shade, which arrived off Cayman Brac around 7:00 this morning. They were met by the local authorities but left the island shortly […]
Engine trouble lands another 21 Cubans on Brac
(CNS): Another group of Cuban migrants arrives in Cayman at the weekend after their makeshift boat met with engine trouble on Sunday. Officials said all nine women and twelve men aboard said they wanted to disembark and as a result immigration has started its reception and detention protocols, with arrangements being made to bring the […]
Cubans have engine trouble near Little Cayman
(CNS): Thirteen more Cuban migrants have landed in the Cayman Islands, just as officials had managed to reduce the overflow from the Immigration Detention Centre. The latest group of four women and nine men arrived in Little Cayman waters on Saturday, 2 April, saying they wanted to disembark after their vessel developed engine problems. The group, which boosts […]
Key civil servants receive migrant management training
(CNS): With the Cayman Islands often the stop for Cuban migrants heading towards the United States, last month government facilitated a five day Strategic Migration Management and Policy Planning training course, described as “intense” for senior immigration, customs and commissions secretariat employees.
Cayman steps up focus on human trafficking
(CNS): Two senior government officials have begun professional training in the field of human trafficking, as government steps up its focus on the possibility that Cubans coming to Cayman could, like many migrants around the world, be victims of traffickers. Although the issues facing Cayman pale into insignificance when compared to the magnitude of the […]
