Tag: Cuban migrants

Seven more Cubans come ashore on the Brac

Seven more Cubans come ashore on the Brac

| 24/08/2023 | 4 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control (CBC) are dealing with their third group of Cuban migrants so far this month after a boat carrying one woman and six men arrived on the South Side of Cayman Brac at around 8am on Thursday. No other details were released about the migrants who will be […]

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More Cuban migrants come ashore in Brac

More Cuban migrants come ashore in Brac

| 21/08/2023 | 0 Comments

(CNS): After a quiet year for Cuban migrant arrivals since the government introduced a speedier asylum application process, a second boat in a week arrived in local waters Friday carrying three Cuban men. The migrants were processed in line with Customs and Border Control Service process, officials said. The boat landed on Long Beach, Spot […]

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Cuban migrants give up on journey in Gun Bay

Cuban migrants give up on journey in Gun Bay

| 11/08/2023 | 4 Comments

(CNS): A group of ten Cuban men who passed through Cayman Brac waters early Wednesday morning but had pressed on with their journey are now in the custody of Customs and Border Control on Grand Cayman. The group gave up on their voyage on Thursday when they came ashore in Gun Bay, East End, sometime […]

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Cubans press on after passing Cayman Brac

Cubans press on after passing Cayman Brac

| 09/08/2023 | 3 Comments

(CNS): A boat carrying ten male Cuban migrants continued on its journey in the early hours of Wednesday morning after passing through waters around Cayman Brac. The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service said the migrants chose not to disembark and made the decision to press on with their journey.

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CBC boss says changes have reduced Cuban migrants

CBC boss says changes have reduced Cuban migrants

| 18/07/2023 | 14 Comments

(CNS): After a post-Covid surge of Cuban migrants arriving in Cayman waters last year, a change in legislation to allow Customs and Border Control to speed up asylum applications appears to have had an impact. No irregular migrants from the neighbouring island have arrived here since January, as word has spread about the new approach.

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Cuban deportees reach 79 for year so far

Cuban deportees reach 79 for year so far

| 26/06/2023 | 1 Comment

(CNS): After years of delays in the repatriation of Cuban migrants, Customs and Border Control (CBS) has picked up the pace following changes to the rules that allow for a speedy deportation process. While the number of migrants arriving in Cayman has fallen significantly, 79 have been repatriated so far this year. CBC repatriated four […]

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CBC continues deportation of Cuban migrants

CBC continues deportation of Cuban migrants

| 07/06/2023 | 10 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) took three more Cuban migrants back to Havana on a Cayman Airways flight last Thursday evening. The three men bring the total of migrants repatriated so far this year to 74, as CBC speeds up the immigration process by refusing access to the asylum process for […]

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Over 70 Cubans deported since start of year

Over 70 Cubans deported since start of year

| 01/06/2023 | 12 Comments

(CNS): The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated another four migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Monday. The men were accompanied by CBC officers and left Grand Cayman on a non-chartered Cayman Airways flight to Havana at around 6:40pm. The Cayman Islands Government has deported over Cuban 70 migrants since the beginning […]

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Cubans deported as changes speed up process

Cubans deported as changes speed up process

| 09/05/2023 | 6 Comments

(CNS): Changes to the legislation at the end of last year to make asylum claims more difficult for irregular migrants have enabled the Cayman Islands Government to speed up the deportation process for Cuban migrants whose claims have been denied. The CI Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated six Cuban men from Grand Cayman […]

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Ten Cuban migrants deported to Havana

Ten Cuban migrants deported to Havana

| 21/03/2023 | 6 Comments

(CNS): Another ten Cuban migrants were flown back to the neighbouring island last week, the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service has confirmed. The men, who were deported on a chartered Cayman Airways SAAB from Grand Cayman, included one migrant released from HMP Northward after he was convicted and sentenced for escaping lawful custody.

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More Cuban migrants deported back to Havana

More Cuban migrants deported back to Havana

| 15/02/2023 | 4 Comments

(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 […]

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