Topic: migrants
Two Cubans escape from detention facility
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service has confirmed that two Cuban migrants have escaped from the detention facility on Fairbanks Road, George Town.
MPs in uproar over Myles’ human trafficking comments
Outraged MPs demanded on Tuesday that Immigration Minister Michael Myles retract his comments accusing past government administrations of facilitating human trafficking by failing to tackle the exploitation of expat workers.
Customs officers detain 12 on Cayman Brac
A dozen migrants arrived by boat on Cayman Brac in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Customs officials have said.
Asylum services ‘hopelessly underfunded’ for next two years
Just $668,000 has been budgeted for asylum services in each of the next two years – $2 million less than is projected to have been spent this year, the Opposition leader has said.
Four detained after rowing boat reaches Cayman Brac
Customs and Border Control Service has detained four men who arrived in Spot Bay, Cayman Brac, on a boat early on Sunday, 10 Sept.
Million-dollar bill as Cuban refugee crisis mounts
Government has shelled out more than $1 million to house Cuban asylum seekers in secure accommodation this year alone amid a mounting refugee crisis.
34 Cubans land on Cayman Brac
The number of migrants on Cayman Brac has cross the 100 mark as 34 new illegal arrivals landed on Monday, Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control confirmed.
CBC: No other accommodations available for Cubans
Cayman's Customs and Border Control has said there are no other accommodations available at this time to move the Cuban migrants who have opted to sleep outside the Immigration Detention Centre due to rising chickenpox cases.
More migrants arrive on Cayman Brac
A total of 18 migrants are now in Customs and Border Control custody after they illegally landed on Cayman Brac on Saturday.
EDITORIAL – Cuban migration: Cayman’s conundrum
At its most basic, Cayman’s Cuban migrant problem is this: Our tiny territory does not have the resources, population or infrastructure to accommodate hundreds of political refugees.
Cuba to Cayman: One migrant’s saga
All Yoel and the 38 other Cuban migrants can do is wait, passing the time by undertaking essentially volunteer work, engaging perhaps in the occasional protest, and allowing themselves to indulge in what they felt was forbidden in their “madre patria” of Cuba, that is, to hope.
Government hit with $24 million in unexpected added costs
The Cayman Islands government was required to spend an extra $24 million in largely unanticipated, supplementary costs over the past two fiscal years.The expenses were detailed by Finance Minister Marco Archer in a statement to the Legislative Assembly Friday.
More than 80 Cuban migrants housed in Cayman
Eighty-two Cuban migrants are now being housed at various locations on Grand Cayman.
We’re not criminals, Cubans tell court
Two Cuban nationals were sentenced on Monday to 10 days imprisonment after pleading guilty to illegal landing.
Cubans crowd overflow detention centers
Community centers across the eastern districts are being used as overspill facilities to house Cuban migrants because of the sheer numbers arriving on Cayman’s shores.
