Cuban teacher: "Every time I take roll call there are fewer students"

Andcuban teacher showed his concern with the currentmigration crisis in Cuba and pointed out that he has fewer and fewer students in his classroom.

"Every time I take roll, there are fewer students. Their classmates tell me: 'Teacher,that one is already gone, don't say his name anymore.' According to my calculation as a winemaker, in two years at least 30% of the group have left," said the professor at a technological college in Havana.

The brief statements of the Cuban teacher were quoted by the newspaperThe country in an article signed by the journalistMauricio Vincent, former correspondent of that media outlet in Havana, who was expelled from Cuba, but continues to cover Cuban issues from Spain.

The article comments on theeconomic, social and political crisis that is being lived in Cuba and offers official data on the number of Cubans who have crossed the southern borders of the United States in fiscal year 2022 and those who have entered through the coasts of Florida, after dangerous sea crossings.

The words of one also appearCuban waitress who works in a paladar in Havana. The woman explained that they are continually forced to renew staff due to cases of exodus.

"On my WhatsApp I no longer have almost +53 (Cuban code) they are all +1 (United States code). And I am next," said the Cuban waitress.

The baritone reported something similar a few weeks agoUlysses Aquino, director of the theater company La Ópera de la Calle. He said that actors call him to say goodbye and "each of these calls is a blow to the head" because "there have been too many, too many calls."

The statements of other Cubans, including economists, are cited in the newspaper article.Ricardo Torres andOmar Everleny who pointed out that in the current migration crisis there is aloss of about 2% of the country's population in one year and around 4% of the active population.

"Those who leave are mostly young people, many of them qualified personnel or professionals, whothey have lost hope for things to improve," said Everleny. Torres, for his part, warned that it is a serious problem thatmortgage the future from the country.

"Cuba's young people, that is, its future, are slipping away in abundance.The future of the country has been dangerously mortgaged and this can only lead to more political and social instability," said the economist who has lived in the United States for a year and works at the American University in Washington.

In fiscal year 2022, US authorities reported about224,607 cases of political asylum requests on its borders, made by citizens from Cuba.

The number of cases of Cubans intercepted on the high seas is also alarming. In that fiscal year, 6,182 Cuban migrants were reported, but the number increases every day. In October alone, the first month of fiscal year 2023, more than1,700 rafters detained on the coast of Florida, coming from Cuba.