The government has approved funding for a new detention centre that can house up to 250 Cubans or other nationals arriving illegally in Cayman.
The Finance Committee, chaired by Premier Juliana O'Connor-Connolly, signed off on a $2.4 million request from the Ministry of Border Control for additional funds "to develop and construct centralised housing for migrants."
Cabinet in May agreed to the funding, but it was given the final green light by the Finance Committee on Friday.
Ministry of Border Control Chief Officer Wesley Howell told the committee that most of the Cubans who had landed illegally in Cayman had been repatriated to Cuba, in accordance with the arrangement between Cayman and Cuba.
He said there are currently fewer than 30 Cubans in the "care and custody" of the Customs and Border Control department, and those were going through the asylum process. Two were repatriated last week.
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