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Brazil intercepts 108 Cuban immigrants amid growing asylum applications
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- Last year, for the first time in a decade, Cuban asylum applications exceeded Venezuelan ones in a sign of growing strain on the island.
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- In a statement on Tuesday, officials noted that the incident was part of a growing trend of undocumented immigration leaving the beleaguered Caribbean island for Brazil.
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Last year, for the first time in a decade, Cuban asylum applications exceeded Venezuelan ones in a sign of growing strain on the island.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A man pushes his bicycle along a trash-strewn street in Havana, Cuba, on June 9 [Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026Brazilian police have intercepted 108 Cuban nationals in a single day as they were being smuggled into the country.
In a statement on Tuesday, officials noted that the incident was part of a growing trend of undocumented immigration leaving the beleaguered Caribbean island for Brazil.
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