Stranded Cuban Migrants In Costa Rica Gets Us Travel Pass
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Central American countries have reached a deal to allow some of the thousands of Cuban migrants stranded in Costa Rica for more than a month to continue onwards to the United States.
The agreement, which was reached in Guatemala City, would take effect from January.
Under the deal, an undisclosed number of Cuban migrants would be flown to El Salvador and then ferried to Mexico by bus.
Costa Rica’s Foreign Minister, Manuel Gonzalez, said the latest solution was an absolute exception and only for those people who entered national territory legally
Gonzalez said the pilot programme would be subjected to revision as diplomats were expected to work out logistical details in upcoming meetings.
Officials from Panama, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, Mexico, Costa Rica and the International Organization for Migration took part in the talks.
An estimated 8,000 Cubans have been stuck in Costa Rica after Nicaragua shut its borders in mid-November.
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