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Special Report: For Cayman’s homeless, there’s no place to turn

A small but growing cohort of people suffering various forms of crisis - from drug addiction and mental health challenges to trauma, poverty and abandonment issues - are sleeping in derelict buildings, on beaches or in vehicles across Cayman. In the first of a three-part series we look at the challenges for Cayman's homeless.

COVID and government repression fuelling Cuban ‘migration crisis’

Cuba is facing a ‘new migration crisis’ as a consequence of economic hardship, the fall-out from the pandemic and a harsh crackdown on political protests, according to two international experts familiar with the situation. 

Families suffering through ‘forgotten crisis’

The Cayman Islands is still in the midst of a forgotten humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of families facing Christmas without the means to pay for power, water or food, a charity leader has warned.

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