1 day ago · Dozens of tents were erected on Leeward Point between Jan. 30 and Feb. 4. First flight to Guantánamo Bay. The C-17 plane left El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday with a small number of migrants aboard ...

6 days ago · President Donald Trump’s stated plan to detain 30,000 migrants at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, brings a little-known history back into the spotlight: When the U.S. held Haitian ...

1 day ago · Around 150 tents to house migrant detainees and to support detention operations have been set up at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay, according to satellite images taken over the area on ...

Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo, [baˈia ðe ɣwãnˈtanamo]) is a bay in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and it is surrounded by steep hills which create an enclave that is cut off from its immediate hinterland.

2 days ago · Haitian and Cuban refugees previously held on Guantánamo—as well as many of the terrorism suspects—filed numerous suits challenging the detention and conditions, several of which were ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Last year, the International Refugee Assistance Project released a report accusing the U.S.-run Migrant Operations Center at Guantánamo Bay, or GMOC, of detaining migrants fleeing Haiti, Cuba and ...

3 days ago · About 300 servicemembers have landed at Guantánamo Bay to provide security and begin setting up at a new tent city for migrants, as officials comply with President Trump’s order to prepare the ...

Mar 13, 2024 · The Biden administration is discussing using Guantanamo Bay to process Haitian migrants if there is a mass exodus to the US amid worsening conditions in the country, according to a US...

Dec 15, 1991 · Beginning in 1991, over 32,000 men, women and children fled Haiti in makeshift boats. Many were pro-democracy activists seeking refuge after a military dictatorship overthrew President Aristide. Intercepted by the US Coast Guard, they came to crowded camps surrounded by barbed wire at GTMO to pre-screen their asylum claims.

Sep 19, 2024 · For decades, migrants intercepted at sea as they try to reach the United States have been sent to a facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a place better known for the U.S. prison camp for terror...