Topic: Cuban-Cayman Connection
Eight Cubans rescued, two still missing as boat capsizes off Cayman Brac
Eight Cuban refugees have been rescued after their makeshift boat capsized off the coast of Cayman Brac. Two others said to be on board the stricken craft are still missing.
The Cuban-Cayman connection: ‘When the shoe was on the other foot’
In the fourth and final chapter of the Cuban-Cayman Connection, we explore the highly contentious social and economic issues that continue to plague both islands. It is a debate that left families and communities divided.
Cuban in Cayman: ‘A prisoner in a free land’
In this third chapter of The Cuba-Cayman Connection, the Compass delves into the complicated, and ambiguous, process of applying for asylum, as well as the shocking fate that awaits the successful applicants and grim future of those who are denied.
The great escape: Cubans fight ‘waves as big as mountains’ to reach Cayman
Cubans who flee their homeland brave dangerous seas, thick jungles and barren deserts in search of freedom.
Special report: Inside the Cuban migration crisis
In the first of a four-part Compass series Cubans in Cayman, including a former sniper who spied for the US government before being granted asylum here, explain why they left their homeland.
