Around noon this Thursday he left theMiami International Airport the eighth deportation flight of Cuban migrants bound for the island, as reported live from the airport facility by the journalist fromUnivision, Mario Vallejo.
To date, the exact number of migrants who have been returned on November 30 on a plane has not been revealed.Global X To Cuba.
However, Vallejó did specify thatamong the deporteesfigure Yoan Enríquez, a Cuban father of a three-month-old baby, who was detained in Tampa on November 13 during an appointment with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Although the wife tried in recent weeks to stop her partner's deportation, appealing to humanitarian reasons, the young man was returned to Cuba today.
The journalist indicated thatFrom the early hours of this Thursday, the Cubans arrived in buses dressed all in white, were handcuffed and loaded onto the aircraft.
Cuba and the US agreed in November 2022 to resume deportation flights for migrants considered "inadmissible" by Washington. The return had initially been agreed in 2017, but was suspended due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic and the cooling of bilateral relations during the Donald Trump administration.
The agreement to return those classified as "inadmissible" was added to the current agreement that allows the return of all Cubans who arrive in the United States by sea.
Eight groups of migrants deported since April
The first deportation flight organized by the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest,returned 123 migrants on April 24.
A few days later, on May 10, the United States governmentsent 66 Cubans back to Cuba on the second flight of deportation.
On June 22 he was repatriatedthe third group, of 36 citizens.
On July 20, a total of 33 Cubans arrived deported to Havana on the fourth deportation flight from Miami.
HeThe fifth flight took place on August 17 and 29 migrants traveled on it.
The sixth flight from the US with deported migrants landed in Havana with35 people on board on September 29.
The seventh flight, of 27 migrantsHe arrived in Cuba a little over a month ago, on October 26. This November 30, the eighth flight will take place in a number yet to be specified.
The deportees are Cubans who had missed their credible fear interviews upon entering the country and had received an I-220B document (deportation order), although they remained free under supervision.
The deportation operations are in addition to the emergency measures applied by the Joe Biden administration to control the uncontrolled flow of Cuban immigrants across the southern border of the United States and the coasts of Florida.
Authorities have increased the arrests of immigrants with I-220B when they appear for appointments at ICE offices.
Cuba is experiencing an unprecedented wave of migration. It is estimated that in 2022 around 4 percent of the Cuban population left the country and this year's figures could be similar according to those accumulated to date.
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