Nearly 200,000 Cubans have fled to U.S. in past 10 months, including 2,000 unaccompanied minors

From our Bureau of Great Migrations with some assistance from our Bureau of Sinking Ships and our Bureau of Future YoYos

They keep fleeing, and the preferred destination is the U.S. If current trends continue, the total number of Cubans entering the U.S. will be 230,000 by the end of this fiscal year (9/30/2024). That’s nearly a quarter million Cubans, out of a population estimated at around nine million.

It all amounts to fewer mouths to feed, a higher number of remittances and more YoYos shuttling back and forth between the U.S. and Castrogonia, loaded with gifts and dollars to spend on the island. Ka-ching! for Castro, Inc.

Loosely translated from Cubanos Por El Mundo

Almost two hundred thousand Cubans have arrived in the United States so far this fiscal year, and the number could reach 230,000 if the current trend continues, according to a recent report by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

In July, a total of 15,645 Cubans arrived in the United States, according to recent figures from CBP. However, unlike in previous months, there has been a slight decrease.

According to the agency’s figures, by July, 196,567 Cubans had arrived in the United States, nearly two thousand of whom are minors who entered the country alone or accompanied.

Since January, there has been a downward trend in Cuban migrants arriving in the U.S., from nearly 23,000 in the first month of the year. The number of people arriving in the United States has gradually decreased, with the exception of May, when entries into the country surged, with 18,984 Cubans arriving.

The exodus of Cubans has led to a demographic crisis that continues to negatively impact the statistics.

Economist Juan Carlos Albizu Campos conducted an independent demographic study showing that the current population of Cuba is 8.62 million people, making the daily exodus from the island striking.

In the study, he indicated that between 2022 and 2023, Cuba’s population fell by 18 percent. Since October 2021, the number of people fleeing Cuba has grown uncontrollably.

Juan Carlos Albizu Campos referenced the figure of 738,680 Cubans who arrived in the United States between October 2021 and April 2024 after receiving immigrant visas, according to CBP data.

“There is an emergency situation that goes beyond a health emergency; it is a humanitarian crisis,” he told the EFE news agency. The situation “is serious and is getting closer to the point of implosion,” he added.