Havana.- Some 17 migrants from Haiti are being assisted by local authorities and the Cuban Red Cross after their vessel deviated from its route to the U.S. and landed in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba due to “hydrometeorological conditions,” official media on the island reported this Tuesday.
According to local press reports, the group consisting of 14 men, one woman, one girl, and one boy, arrived at Siboney beach after 22:00 local time this Monday (02:00 GMT) after being “adrift for seven days prior.”
The Red Cross in the eastern Cuban province reported that, in order to assist the migrants, a “security apparatus” was deployed along the coast with the objective of “guaranteeing the safety and physical integrity” of these individuals.
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All members of the group “were evaluated by paramedic and medical personnel, who did not detect any symptoms or signs that could pose a risk to public health,” they pointed out.
In recent years, several vessels with migrants from Haiti have arrived on the Cuban coast.
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In 2025, six Haitian fishermen were rescued off the southern coast of Santiago de Cuba, and in May 2022, a vessel with 842 migrants from the nearby Caribbean nation ended up on the shores of Villa Clara (center) while seeking to reach the United States.
From 2001 to 2021, a total of 76 vessels carrying more than 4,000 Haitian immigrants arrived in the Cuban province of Guantanamo (eastern tip) alone, according to official data.
