Tag: Cuban migrants
Cuban migrant numbers climb again
(CNS): A group of Cubans that arrived in Cayman Brac at the weekend have been transported to the detention centre in Fairbanks on Grand Cayman, pushing the facility to its limits once again. The movement of migrants from Cuba continues to increase and they are arriving in Cayman in ever more dangerous vessels in which they […]
Red Cross calls for better treatment of refugees
(CNS): Government needs to improve the way it treats the Cuban refugees that find their way to Cayman, a local charity has stated. With almost two dozen migrants currently awaiting deportation at the detention centre in Fairbanks, the Cayman Islands Red Cross said that no single agency can address the refugee issue here and civil […]
Cubans rescued from sinking raft at sea
(CNS): A group of Cuban migrants who were stranded at sea off the coast of Little Cayman yesterday were rescued by local marine police in a joint operation with the police helicopter. Two of the group of 18 have been hospitalized and the other 16 are now being held at the Immigration Detention Centre in […]
Cayman signs new MOU with Cuba over migrants
(CNS): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with Cuba on behalf of the Cayman Islands, which officials say will speed up the process of sending migrants back home when they land in Cayman. The authorities have been dealing with a significant rise in the numbers of Cubans leaving their country, […]
Six Cubans on the run from IDC
(CNS): The police are asking for the public’s help to find six Cuban detainees who escaped from the Fairbanks Immigration Detention Center (IDC) in George Town on Sunday night at around 11pm. Officials said that eleven Cuban migrants who were awaiting deportation busted out of the secure facility through a metal grilled window and out […]
DG defends Cuban policy
(CNS): Deputy Governor Franz Manderson has defended the government policy on handling the arrivals of Cuban migrants, saying that it saves lives. He also pointed out that if the Cayman Islands continues to support illegal immigration and people smuggling we will be added to a black list by the UN.
Cuban migrants drank sea water
(CNS): Thirty-nine uniformed officers, including 21 prison officers and staff from the Cayman Islands police, customs and immigration, arrived from Grand Cayman Friday afternoon to transport 37 Cuban migrants, who landed at Cayman Brac Thursday evening, to Grand Cayman as a first step to repatriation.
CIG shares refugee processes with BVI officials
(CNS): A delegation from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was in Cayman last month to find out how this jurisdiction deals with refugees and asylum seekers and the local laws and procedures in place. The BVI’s deputy secretary, Geraldine Ritter-Freeman, led the visiting team, which included the country’s chief immigration officer and crown counsel, Sarah […]
Officials block help to Cuban migrants
(CNS): Attempts by local residents to provide fuel and water to a group of 29 Cuban refugees in a makeshift vessel was prevented by the police and officials, according to reports from witnesses at the scene in East End last week. During January more than 77 migrants passed through local waters according, to officials who […]
Migration on agenda for US-Cuba talks
(CNS): The US Coast Guard has said that it saw a dramatic increase last month in the number of Cubans trying to cross the 90-mile wide Florida Straits since the American president made his announcement about restoring relations with the Cuban government. Later this month the US Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson will lead […]
Cuban drowns in local rough seas
(CNS): A Cuban migrant drowned Saturday evening in rough seas off the coast of South Sound when the makeshift boat that he and three other men were in capsized. Police said that they received a report on Saturday evening that an 18 ft. vessel was floating near Sand Quay Island, South Sound, and four people […]
