Cubans from the Cayman Islands take to the streets to ask for political asylum

Dozens of Cubans in irregular migration in the Cayman Islands took to the streets of George Town Tuesday to demand that the British government grant them political asylum.

According to the portal of Martí News nine of the demonstrators who have been in an immigration detention center for several months – for more than two years – have started a strike of hunger

. A video that collected the moment of the demonstrations in George Town shows the islanders demanding the freedom of Cuba and describing the main political leaders of Cuba as "murderers". Island

In general, Cubans detained in the Cayman Islands identify as opponents of the government and allege that they fear returning to their home country for fear of suffering a repression.

At the end of last month, legal experts from this Caribbean nation presented a Migration Bill to the Legislative Assembly that would benefit Cubans. The bill would create a "Refugee Protection Appeal Court" to hear specific cases in which the immigration officer had dismissed refugee claims.