MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – About 8,000 Cubans have been forced to stay in Costa Rica since mid-November, because Nicaraguan authorities refused to let the migrants cross their state. In addition, Ecuador started demanding visas for Cubans starting from December 1.
As part of an agreement between Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala, reached in December, the Cuban migrants will receive documents needed to travel to the US border, the Mexican authorities said on Wednesday.
The number of Cubans arriving to the United States increased sharply in 2015, after US President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raul Castro announced plans of normalizing relations between their countries.
Cubans who have reached US shores or borders are allowed to stay and work legally in the United States and to apply for green cards under the 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act. Cubans fear that the special status could be revoked with the normalization of ties with the United States.
