Customs and Border Control Service has detained four men who arrived in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac, on a small wooden rowing boat from an unknown destination.
A short government press release said the “migrants” arrived at about 6.50am on Sunday, 10 Sept. It did not detail their nationality.
“All persons will be processed in accordance with Customs and Border Control Service processing protocols,” the statement said.
A government spokesperson told the Compass that the men, who are seeking asylum, are being held at the agriculture grounds in Cayman Brac.
Over the coming days they will be transported to Grand Cayman and housed at either the Customs and Border Control Detention Centre or the Bodden Town civic centre, she said.
Last month, 20 people were detained after arriving in Cayman Brac without appropriate documentation.
On Aug. 24, a boat with six men and one woman, of unconfirmed nationality, arrived on the south side of Cayman Brac.
Just days earlier, at about 8am on 18 Aug., three men, of unconfirmed nationality, arrived in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac.
On 10 Aug., less than 24 hours after they had been seen arriving on a small wooden boat in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac, 10 men from Cuba were detained in Grand Cayman.
“The migrants chose not to disembark and made the decision to continue on their journey,” according to a CBC press release at the time.
All of the arrivals were detained and processed in accordance with Customs and Border Control Service processing protocols, government press releases said.
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