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$5.6M allocated for prefab units at migrant holding centre

A site at Fairbanks is being prepared for a potential influx of migrants, who, if they arrive in large numbers, would be housed in prefabricated modular units, Home Affairs Minister Nickolas DaCosta has confirmed.

Eight Cuban migrants arrive by boat on Cayman Brac

Eight migrants arrived by boat at Spot Bay Cove in Cayman Brac on Monday night, 2 March, the Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service has confirmed.

Interpreters sought as Cayman prepares for potential migrant influx

With the possibility of a mass migration from Cuba, and perhaps Haiti, officials in Cayman say there will likely be a need for additional...

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.

Cuban migration costs nears $3 million for 2022

As the cost of accommodating and repatriating Cuban asylum seekers looks likely to reach nearly $3 million this year, lawmakers in Cayman are amending legislation that will speed up the processing of their applications.

12 Cubans arrive on boat at Brac

The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service confirmed that a vessel with 12 Cubans - 11 male and one female - arrived on Cayman Brac around 11:15am on Wednesday.

Immigration: Cuban boat in South Sound will be moved

An abandoned Cuban boat that has been beached in South Sound since May 6 will be removed within a few days, Cayman Islands Immigration Department officials said Monday.

12 Cuban migrants repatriated

A dozen Cuban migrants were repatriated from the Cayman Islands to Havana last week.

More details emerge on rescue at sea

A radio call from a sailboat led to the rescue of 15 Cuban migrants 4 miles off South West Point, George Town, according to police.

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