CUBAN EMIGRANTS

Cuban authorities received a group of migrants returned from Mexico on Wednesday, where they were in an irregular migratory situation.»

The transfer to Mexico of 1,301 Cuban migrants in camps near the Panama-Costa Rica border is scheduled to conclude on March 15, it was informed in Panama»

The Panamanian Foreign Affairs Ministry announced that the first direct flight to Mexico carrying Cuban irregular migrants who are here, will take place Tuesday, following an agreement with the government of that country»

The Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed that two flights per week, scheduled for today, and on February 9, 11, 16, 18, 23 and 25, should be made»

The Costa Rican government adopted the decision in order use of all the educational centers during the municipal elections on February 7 and to prepare the classrooms for the new school year starting February 9»

Guatemala will host a regional meeting on January 20 to discuss the issue of the Cuban migrants in Costa Rica and assess the results of the first transfer to the United States, reported a Foreign Ministry source»

Costa Rican authorities based their selection on the arrival date to the nation and the ability to pay for the trip, which in total will cost $ 535, including transportation, food, taxes for getting into and out of the country and health insurance»

The government of Costa Rica scheduled for next Tuesday the departure of the first group of Cubans who are stranded from mid-November on its border with the intention of reaching the United States»

Salvadorian Foreign Minister Hugo Martinez reported today that a pilot plan to transfer Cuban emigres from Costa Rica to the United States that had been initially planned for Friday was postponed»

Central American countries agreed in a meeting in Guatemala on Monday to airlift some 8 thousand Cubans stranded in Costa Rica to El Salvador starting the first week of January.»