Tuesday 15 November 2022 10:53 PM Migrant flows at the southern border jumped AGAIN last month, driven by influx ... trends now

Tuesday 15 November 2022 10:53 PM Migrant flows at the southern border jumped AGAIN last month, driven by influx ... trends now
Tuesday 15 November 2022 10:53 PM Migrant flows at the southern border jumped AGAIN last month, driven by influx ... trends now

Tuesday 15 November 2022 10:53 PM Migrant flows at the southern border jumped AGAIN last month, driven by influx ... trends now

The number of migrants apprehended at the southern border rose by 1.4 percent to more than 230,000 last month, with ever-more arrivals from Cuba, Nicaragua and other failed leftist regimes.

Authorities stopped migrants 230,678 times last month, up from 227,547 in September — the highest since May and the third-highest month of Joe Biden's presidency, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data show.

Fewer Venezuelans came after the Biden administration introduced new asylum restrictions on October 12, but increasing arrivals from other countries more than offset that decline, according to figures released late on Monday.

Cubans replaced Venezuelans as the second-largest nationality after Mexicans, extending the biggest flight from the socialist-governed Caribbean island to the US since the Mariel boat lift, a mass exodus in 1980. 

Magdalena Avila of Cuba (kneeling, left) and others become emotional while waiting to be processed by US Border Patrol after illegally crossing the US southern border with Mexico last month

Magdalena Avila of Cuba (kneeling, left) and others become emotional while waiting to be processed by US Border Patrol after illegally crossing the US southern border with Mexico last month

The recent surge of Cuban migrants is the greatest seen since 1980. Pictured: A boat arrives in Key West, Florida, in April 1980, from Mariel Harbor after crossing the Florida Straits

The recent surge of Cuban migrants is the greatest seen since 1980. Pictured: A boat arrives in Key West, Florida, in April 1980, from Mariel Harbor after crossing the Florida Straits

Cubans were stopped 28,848 times, up 10 percent from September. US officials arrived in Havana on Monday for talks with their Cuban counterparts about migration to the US, which rose by 471 percent in the 2022 fiscal year.

Cuba's economy has been hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Russian war with Ukraine, political unrest, Hurricane Ian at the end of September, and the decades-long US embargo. Its agricultural sector is increasingly ravaged by climate change.

Venezuelans were the third-largest nationality as flows diminished after October 12, when Mexico began accepting Venezuelans who enter the US illegally and are expelled under a Trump-era rule that denies rights to seek asylum on grounds of preventing spread of Covid-19.

CBP said Venezuelan arrivals fell to about 300 a day by the end of October from about 1,100 before the new restrictions. Nicaraguans were the fourth-largest nationality, closely behind Venezuelans. They were stopped 20,917 times, up 15 percent from September.

Cuba's economy has been hit by Covid-19, the Russian war with Ukraine, political unrest, and the decades-long US embargo. Pictured: Locals look at workers repairing power lines in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in El Cerro, Cuba, in September

Cuba's economy has been hit by Covid-19, the Russian war with Ukraine, political unrest, and the decades-long US embargo. Pictured: Locals look at workers repairing power lines in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in El Cerro, Cuba, in September

'Encounters of Cuban and Nicaraguan asylum seekers fleeing their authoritarian regimes continues to be at an historic high,' said Troy Miller, acting CBP commissioner.

'This reflects the

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