Cuba and the U.S. Reach Accord on Migration Enforcement

On September 9, 1994, after seven days of talks in New York City, the Cuban and the U.S. Governments reached a narrow agreement on migration enforcement. Under the agreement the U.S. will take at least 20,000 legal Cuban immigrants each year, plus about 6,000 more from a backlog of Cubans who are waiting to receive visas that have been approved. Cuba will stop the migration of boats and rafts that have carried 35,000 prospective refugees...(more)