After “wet foot, dry foot”: A timeline of the new era in Cuban migration
The Obama administration’s Jan. 12, 2017 decision to end the decades-old migration policy for Cubans known as “wet foot, dry foot” created a migration and humanitarian crisis in Central and South America. More than 2,000 Cubans who were en route to the United States got stranded in various countries, including Panama, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico. This series takes a hard look at the new era in Cuban migration and is a collaborative project between the Miami Herald, 14ymedio and Radio Ambulante made possible by a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
Read more:
- Part one: Panama offers stranded Cuban migrants multiple entry visas if they return to island
- Part two: Uncertainty whittles away hope for Cuban migrants stranded in Panama
- Part three: Cuban migrants stranded in Panama live and work secretly
- Part four: They fled to avoid prosecution from a web of corruption that is part of daily life in Cuba
- Part five: Panama makes a final offer to Cuban migrants: $1,650, a plane ticket and permission to return
- Part six: Panama’s migration chief says the country is not closing the door to Cubans but to illegal migration
Podcasts from Radio Ambulante:
- Part one: The long road
- Part two: The end of the journey
This story was originally published June 28, 2017 at 7:43 PM with the headline "After “wet foot, dry foot”: A timeline of the new era in Cuban migration."