Cuban emigrants pay thousands of dollars each to reach the United States by crossing various borders from Nicaragua.
“When you arrive in Nicaragua, they will wait for you and take you from there to Honduras. It costs around average about $10,000 totalbecause it is not only the most expensive ticket, but it is also give money to coyotes for each country you pass and give money to the police if they stop you so they don’t capture you and deport you,” one Cuban told BBC Mundo.
The report contains testimonies from Cuban emigrants confirming a new migratory crisis in Cuba, as Nicaragua allowed the entry of travelers from the island without the need for a visa to enter its territory.
“To me I came with borrowed moneybut there are people who have sold their houses and everything they have inside to buy a ticket,” explained a 38yearold Cuban who arrived in Miami in February after crossing the migration route from Nicaragua.
“It’s kind of a silent Mariel. The figures and the testimonies that come from the number of people sent through Nicaragua are worrying and logically create a situation of migratory crisis, not only in the United States but also in Central American countries and Mexico, he explained. George DuanyResearchers at Florida International University.
The expert pointed out that although the government’s speech of Daniel Ortega Said that opening Nicaraguan borders is a humanitarian position to unite families and facilitate shopping trips in Nicaragua, there is an obvious hidden message behind the measure.
“A second reading leads us to believe that it is a strategic alliance between Governments of Nicaragua and Cuba serving as an escape valve for the economic and political pressures that have been hitting the island lately. And also a way to put pressure on the government United StatesDuany pointed out.
The migratory routes taken by Cubans to leave the island and escape misery, bondage and oppression are extremely harsh. They are putting their lives at riskboth traverse highrisk areas such as jungles, rivers, or the possibility of becoming a victim of mafia dedicated to human trafficking.
“To me I’ve been through five countriesI built planes, trucks, boats, buses, trucks full of cow shit… I crossed the jungle, climbed hills I thought would die. I left Cuba on December 22 and finally arrived at the border on January 10, 2022, said one Cuban woman.
Airline tickets are extremely expensive and difficult to acquire, especially those en route HavanaManagua. They range from $3,000 to $5,000. Despite this, many Cubans leave everything on the island and embark on the path to freedom.
The irregular entry of Cuban emigrants across the southern border of the United States was marked Record in February with 16,550 people. It was the U.S. government’s most reported incident in a month in more than two decades.
the United States Department of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pointed out that in five months of fiscal year 2022, 46,752 Cuban emigrants entered through border crossings with Mexico. To this data must be added another 679 who have entered via other border areas since October and more than a thousand who have attempted to reach US territory by sea.