Cuba received 3,045 illegal migrants who returned from the United States. and other countries in the region this year, official media reported this Thursday, citing the Ministry of the Interior (Ministry), which means about 32 people a day.

The latest of these operations was carried out on Tuesday, when the US Coast Guard brought 47 migrants to Cuba – 36 men, 7 women and 4 girls – “involved in three illegal exits from the country,” the ministry said in a statement. .

The note adds that three of them were on probation, so now “they will be referred to the appropriate courts to have said benefit canceled.”

Cuba too In recent weeks, he has received Cuban migrants from Mexico, the Bahamas and the Cayman Islands.

grave The economic crisis in the country has caused an unprecedented migration exodus, especially in the USA.

Last year alone, US authorities intercepted more than 313,000 Cubans. on the southern border with Mexico, which is about 3% of the total population of Cuba.

This figure does not include the thousands of Cubans who left for other countries such as Mexico, Spain or South America.

The Cuban government reaffirms its commitment to “regular, safe and orderly migration” and insists on the “danger and life-threatening conditions that constitute illegal departures from the country by sea”.

In early 2023, Washington implemented a program to receive 30,000 migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, and Nicaragua every month and stop the mass influx of people from these countries. More than 10,000 Cubans have benefited from this initiative, according to the US State Department.

In parallel, Washington announced that it would immediately expel undocumented immigrants from those countries who try to illegally cross the southern border into its territory into Mexico.

Mexico, for its part, has agreed to accept 30,000 migrants per month expelled from the United States.

(EFE)