Thousands of Cubans stuck after Nicaragua declines to open border


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Nov 2015

Cuban migrants sleep on the floor at a border post with Nicaragua in Penas Blancas, Costa Rica November 16, 2015. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Thousands of Cubans remain stuck on the Costa Rican side of the border with Nicaragua after Managua refused at a regional summit on Tuesday to open its doors to a wave of migrants heading for the United States.

Fearing the recent rapprochement between Havana and Washington could end preferential U.S. policies for Cuban migrants, thousands of people from the Communist-ruled island have been crossing into South America and travelling through Central America hoping to reach U.S. soil.

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