Cuba To Resume U.S Deportation Flights This Month

CUBA – Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights from the United States this month.

A Cuban official echoes U.S. concerns about the highest levels of Cuban migration in six decades.

Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Sossio says flights are expected before the U.S. ends coronavirus pandemic-related restrictions on asylum on May 11.

He says there was no agreement on the frequency of flights, which will depend on U.S. and Cuban capacity. But he said there was no reason they can’t return to pre-pandemic levels of about twice a month.

The last flight was in December 2020.