Cubaverdad

Posted on Sunday, 10.09.11

Undocumented Cuban migration to US on rise
The Associated Press

MIAMI — The number of undocumented Cubans intercepted at sea or
reaching U.S. shores has more than doubled over the last year.

El Nuevo Herald ( http://bit.ly/nohcEO) reports that 1,700 Cubans were
interdicted or reached land in the 2011 fiscal year, which ended in
September. The previous year there were 831. The largest increase was
seen in Coast Guard interdictions at sea, which rose from 422 to 1,000.

Landings to U.S. shores rose from 409 to nearly 700, while arrivals at
border posts remained largely unchanged.

Those numbers reverse a three-year downward trend.

Activists and those in contact with undocumented immigrants say the
island's weak economy could be fueling the increase. Elizardo Sanchez,
head of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National
Reconciliation, says there is less money and food each day."

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/09/2445822/undocumented-cuban-migration-to.html