Immigration clarifies that Cubans do not lose their citizenship: "No measures will be taken regarding that."

The Immigration and Foreigners Department, of the Ministry of Interior (Minint) in Cuba, warned that Cubans do not lose their citizenship and that the government is not taking any legal measures regarding this issue.

After the government's Migration Law project was revealed this week, the possibility of renouncing Cuban citizenship has become a hot topic of debate on social media.

Lieutenant Colonel Roilán Hernández, Head of the Legal Advisory Department of the Ministry of the Interior, stated this Thursday on National Television that renouncing Cuban citizenship is not a priority and there are no plans to modify anything in the law regarding this.

"It is related to Article 36 of the Constitution of the Republic, which describes the principle of effective citizenship. The principle establishes that Cubans do not lose their Cuban citizenship by having another. No measures will be taken in the country regarding this," said the Lieutenant Colonel.

He explained that this article of the 2019 Constitution requires Cubans to act as nationals while in Cuba. In other words, when a person born on the island visits their homeland, they cannot exercise another citizenship.

"According to this rule, it must be understood that a Cuban, upon arriving in Cuba, must identify themselves with their national passport, their Cuban passport, not with that of another citizenship," the official stated.

The Migration Law project mentions the possibility of renouncing Cuban citizenship, but this right would not be available until a Citizenship Law exists to regulate the process.

Since 1976, the right to renounce citizenship was included in the Constitution, but a legal framework allowing Cubans to exercise this right has never been implemented.

Although the draft of the new Migration Law mentions this possibility, there is no complete legal framework to carry it out.

This Migration Law Bill and the Foreigner Law Bill are already in the process of citizen review. The Citizenship Law Bill was supposed to be available by now, but the government assures that they are still working on some adjustments.

The bills presented by Parliament come amidst the greatest migration crisis that Cuba has experienced, adding more complexity and dispersion to Cuban legislation.