Between January 5 and last July, more than 41,000 Cubans have benefited from the parole humanitarian. In accordance with published figures by the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in total, “more than 181,000 natives of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela have arrived legally under this process.
Meanwhile, they have also benefited from parole 34,000 Nicaraguans, 63,000 Venezuelans and 72,000 Haitians.
According to official statistics, just last July, 7,486 Cubans were registered by the border authorities at the different US entry points. The arrival of natives from the island totals 171,958 in the last nine months.
After finalizing Title 42 last May – a rule created by the Donald Trump Administration for the hot returns of migrants during the pandemic – Washington decided in January to open to applicants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua a program that it had launched practice with Ukraine and Venezuela to whom he granted a parole humanitarian. To take advantage of it, those interested need to have a sponsor that guarantees their support in the country and submit the documentation from outside the US.
According to official statistics, just last July, 7,486 Cubans were registered by the border authorities at the different US entry points.
In the CBP statement, it is ensured that with the implementation of the parole processes for the citizens of Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua, announced by US President Joe Biden, irregular migration was significantly reduced.
This information is given a few days after the NGO Disappeared Migrants Project documented the death in the first half of the year of 71 Cubans, among them 27 men, six women and another 38 whose gender could not be determined due to the conditions in which their bodies were found, who tried to reach the United States through the sea lane.
“It is rarely known exactly how many people were aboard boats that were in distress at sea, making it difficult to verify the number of people who went missing or to have any information about their identities,” emphasize organization.
The report details that 69 of these rafters “drowned” in their attempt to achieve the American dream. One died due to “extreme environmental conditions” and there are no precise details of the cause of death for another.
Since last October 1, 6,967 Cuban rafters have been intercepted by the Coast Guard in their attempt to reach the United States.
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