Cuba: Information on treatment by Cuban authorities of people who exit Cuba illegally and the consequences, if any, of returning to Cuba
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CUB22076.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Cuba: Information on treatment by Cuban authorities of people who exit Cuba illegally and the consequences, if any, of returning to Cuba, 1 October 1995, CUB22076.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abe810.html [accessed 16 October 2022] |
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Please find attached two documents that add to the information provided in Responses to Information Requests CUB21801.E of 19 September 1995, CUB21402.E of 3 August 1995, CUB21136.E of 18 August 1995 and previous Responses available at your Regional Documentation Centre.
The cited responses, their attachments and the attached documents contain information on a recent immigration agreement between the United States and Cuba for the safe repatriation of Cuban refugees.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Inter Press Service (IPS). 19 July 1995. Dalia Acosta. "Cuba-U.S.: Progress Made in Immigration Talks, Officials Agree." (NEXIS)
Organization of American States (OAS), Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. 17 February 1995. (OEA/Ser.L/V/II.88). Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1994. Washington, D.C.: OAS, pp. 155-58.
