According to the ministry, the advanced number of deportees in Cuba compared to past years is the consequence of a tightened migration policy by the administration of American president Donald Trump. The Cuba MMA reported that on Thursday, Havana landed the 3rd since the start of Trump's second presidency a plane with Cubans deported from the US. There were 60 people on board.
Of the 13 aircraft with deported Cubans that have landed on the island since January, the largest group transported a device flying from the US on 27 February. It was attended by 104 people expelled from the United States.
Several 100 people returned to Cuba
In total, as the Cuban government estimates, the island was deported between the beginning of January and Thursday 367 of its citizens. By comparison, a full of 93 Cubans were forced to return to their homeland throughout 2024.
According to statistic on Donald Trump's first 2 months in power published on Wednesday by the fresh York Times, the Republican candidate had not yet fulfilled the mass deportation run announced during the presidential campaign.
The paper noted that while during the last 2 months of president Joe Biden's regulation from the United States, 232 aircraft with deportees departed, during a akin period during the beginning of the presidency There were only 9 more of those.
