The Cayman Islands Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) repatriated four (4) migrants to the Republic of Cuba on Thursday, 8 June 2023 and one (1) one on Monday, 19 June 2023. 

The five male migrants were accompanied by Customs & Border Control Officers on two (2) separate non-chartered Cayman Airways flights which departed Grand Cayman for Havana, Cuba at approximately 6:10pm and 8:05pm respectively.

Acting Director for Customs & Border Control, Garfield Wong said “Thank you to the CBC Officers and the CBC Migration Management team who continues to process and organize the repatriation flights.”

To date, 79 irregular migrants have been repatriated back to the Republic of Cuba.