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Case Number: 2011-1039-F
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Folder Title:
Monitoring of Cuban Migrant Refugees - 95 / 96
Staff Office-Individual:
Public Liaison/Cuban Affairs-Nuccio, Richard
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United States Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20520
Office of Cuban Affairs
September 20, 1995
UPDATE ON MONITORING OF CUBAN MIGRANT RETURNEES
As of September 1, 144 undocumented Cuban migrants had been
picked up at sea attempting to enter the U.S. since the May
2 Joint Statement by the U.S. and Cuban governments. of
these, 103 had been returned to Cuba under the terms of the
Joint Statement. The rest had been taken to the Guantanamo
naval base pending further disposition. In addition, 20
Cuban migrants entered the base illegally in the May 2-
September 1 period, of whom seven had been returned to
Cuba. The rest awaited further disposition.
The U.S. Interests Section in Havana continues to monitor
closely the treatment of the returned migrants, 50 of whom
were visited or revisited at their homes in August. Many
others have visited the Interests Section, making use of
passes given to them by USINT officers. Others have
telephoned the Interests Section. All but seven of the 103
returnees had been visited by the end of August.
Most of the migrants report no harassment since their
return to Cuba. Two were arrested in August and the
Interests Section has raised both cases with the Cuban
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but neither arrest appears
related to the attempts by the two to emigrate to the U.S.
The Interests Section continues to monitor as well the case
of Professor Alvaro Zamora, who lost his faculty position
at the University of Las Villas following his attempt to
leave Cuba in May. While he continues to receive his
salary as a professor, the three new positions he has been
offered carry salaries about one-third less than this.
Officers from the Interests Section visited him at his home
on August 18 and August 20. He had no new incidents to
complain about, but said that he had not yet received any
new job offers. We continue to monitor his case closely.
The Interests Section continues to follow closely the cases
of these and all other migrants returned to Cuba under the
May 2 agreement. The Department of State is regularly
sending temporary-duty Spanish-speaking officers to Havana
to help in this monitoring effort.
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January 29, 1996
UPDATE ON MONITORING OF CUBAN MIGRANT RETURNEES
DECEMBER 1995
Fifty-five Cuban citizens attempting to immigrate illegally to
the United States were returned to Cuba in December under the
terms of the Joint Statement issued by the U.S. and Cuban
governments on May 2, 1995: 26 had been interdicted at sea and
were returned to Cuba by the U.S. Coast Guard, and 29 were
returned from the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. By
the end of the month a total of 223 migrants had been returned
to Cuba since the May 2 Joint Statement.
Forty-eight Cuban citizens attempting to immigrate illegally to
the United States were interdicted in the Florida Straits by
the U.S. Coast Guard in December. By early January the Coast
Guard had returned to Cuba all but six: one who was medevaced
to the Naval Base hospital at Guantanamo Bay (and a week later
returned to Cuba from the base), one who was medevaced to the
United States (with her husband), one who was found by the U.S.
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) to have protection
concerns and taken to the Naval Base, and two who had departed
from the Bahamas and were returned there. Three Cuban citizens
entered the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base illegally in December;
all three were repatriated. All Cuban citizens who were
interdicted at sea or who entered the Naval Base were
interviewed by an INS officer about any concerns they might
have regarding their repatriation.
The migrants returned to Cuba by Coast Guard cutter were met at
the dock by officers of the U.S. Interests Section in Havana,
who spoke to them aboard the cutter, explaining their options
for immigrating legally to the United States, giving them
passes to visit the Interests Section at any time, and
informing them that officers of the Section would soon visit
them in their homes. Migrants returned from the Guantanamo Bay
Naval Base were similarly counseled by a Department of State
representative there before leaving the base.
By the end of the month officers of the Interests Section had
made initial visits to the homes of 34 of the migrants returned
in December, and followup visits to the homes of 59 of the
migrants returned earlier. Monitors were unable to travel more
extensively during the month, however, due to the lack of
travel funds resulting from the lapse in Department of State
appropriations.
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The Interests Section continues to monitor the case of
Professor Alvaro Zamora, who lost his university teaching
position following his attempt to leave Cuba in May. The
university has offered him the job of research professor and
salary negotiations are close to completion. The Interests
Section has also asked the Cuban government to investigate the
cases of four returnees dismissed from their jobs, to determine
why they were dismissed.
By the end of the month, 16 returnees were in prison or facing
arrest, all for reasons unrelated to their most recent attempt
to leave Cuba: nine on charges of committing common crimes, six
on charges of escaping from prison or violating parole in
connection with earlier attempts to exit or enter Cuba--prior
to the May 2 Joint Statement--in violation of Cuban laws
restricting freedom of movement and one on charges of
violating these exit laws following his repatriation. Officers
of the Interests Section have spoken with the families or
friends of all 16, and the Section is following all cases
closely and seeking full information from the Cuban government
on the reasons for the arrests and the judicial status of each
case.
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Distribution (by fax to numbers below) :
Roger Noriega, HIRC Republican staff, 225-2035
Dan Restrepo, HIRC Democratic staff, 226-3581
Jim Cason, POLAD, USACOM, (804)322-6781
Pamela S. Falk, (212) 662-1940
Tom Gerth, DOS Representative, GTMO, 011-5399-2359
Phyllis A. Coven, INS/IAO, 633-1068
By O-I telegram to USINT Havana