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FACT SHEET: U.S. CONSULAR AND REFUGEE OPERATIONS IN CUBA
(Covers U.S. obligations under 1994 migration agreement)

 


U.S. Interests Section
Havana, Cuba
December 9, 2003

U.S. immigration and refugee operations in Cuba are conducted on the basis of the same U.S. laws that apply to such operations in every country in the world. What is unique about Cuba is the obligation of the United States, pursuant to the U.S.-Cuba Migration Accord of September 1994, to authorize no fewer than 20,000 Cuban migrants to enter the United States each year.

Immigration and refugee operations in Cuba fall into the following categories:


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