Sustained increase in the number of Cubans traveling abroad
Sustained increase in the number of Cubans traveling abroad
Havana, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) The number of Cuban citizens traveling abroad grew by more than 20 percent in the first eight months of this year, a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told Prensa Latina.
Between January 1 and August 30, 519,000 nationals made 889,000 trips to other countries, figures that represent comparative increases of 22 and 23 percent over the same period of 2018, reported the Director General of Consular Affairs and Cuban Residents Abroad (DACCRE), Ernesto Soberón.
These figures respond to a growing trend seen in the last five years (from January 14, 2013 to August 30, 2019), during which time 4.6 million trips were made by 1.1 Cubans.
Of that total, 1.6 million trips were to the United States, made by 364,000 citizens, Soberón detailed, noting that the number of destinations where Cubans travel has also diversified.
At present, Soberón said, although the number of nationals traveling abroad is growing, the number of those who leave the country to settle permanently in other latitudes is decreasing proportionately.
On the other hand, there are also increasing requests for resettlement in Cuba, which between 2013 and 2019 reached 57,000, mostly submitted by citizens residing in the United States (36,000).
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