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December 29, 2015

Central American Countries Reach Deal on U.S.-Bound Cuban Migrants
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Central American countries have agreed on a plan to deal with some of
the 8,000 U.S.-bound Cuban migrants who have been stranded in Costa
Rica. The migrants are trying to reach the United States amid fears
thawing relations between the U.S. and Cuba could end U.S. asylum rights
for Cubans. Nicaragua closed its border to the Cubans in mid-November.
The new plan will see some number of the refugees flown to El Salvador,
then put on buses to travel toward the United States.


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