Spain: Update to Response to Information Request ESP27983.E of 21 October 1997 on whether Spain has deported Cuban refugee claimants in 1996 and 1997
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 January 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ESP28432.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Spain: Update to Response to Information Request ESP27983.E of 21 October 1997 on whether Spain has deported Cuban refugee claimants in 1996 and 1997, 1 January 1998, ESP28432.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac6284.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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According to a 27 April 1996 Diario Las Americas report, Miguel Aguiar Dubrocq was the first person deported to Cuba by Spanish authorities. After his passport and papers were stolen, Dubrocq was incarcerated three days before his deportation and held incommunicado in Madrid. Please consult the attached document for additional information on his case.
Additional information on this subject could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Diario Las Americas [Miami]. 27 April 1996. Ariel Remos. "First Person Deported by Spain to Cuba is Returned by Cuban Authorities." Translated by the Translation Bureau of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Attachment
Diario Las Americas [Miami]. 27 April 1996. Ariel Remos. "First Person Deported by Spain to Cuba is Returned by Cuban Authorities." Translated by the Translation Bureau of the Department of Public Works and Government Services Canada.
Additional Sources Consulted
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1997.
Latin America Regional Reports: Caribbean and Central America Report [London]. 1997.
Latin America Weekly Report [London]. 1997.
Resource Centre country file: Cuba: 1996-1997.
Resource Centre country file: Spain. 1996-1997.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR database), World News Connection (WNC).
