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The Guardian - US
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José Olivares in New York

Human rights groups decry US plan for Guantánamo camp for Cuban migrants

a large expanse of grey tents
Tents erected to house migrants at Guantánamo Bay in February 2025. Though the tents were never used and later dismantled the site could still be repurposed as a migrant ‘camp’, according to a US general. Photograph: US Navy/AFN Guantanamo Bay Public Affairs/Reuters

Dozens of US and international human rights organizations are decrying the Trump administration’s plans to establish a migrant “camp” for fleeing Cubans at the Guantánamo Bay military base if the island nation’s crisis worsens under pressure from the US, according to a letter to members of Congress on Friday.

The 85 groups plan to submit the joint letter, exclusively shared with the Guardian, to US senators and House representatives, expressing their “profound concern” with comments made last month by a top Department of Defense commander, and describing any prospect of further migrant detention at the base as “deeply troubling and unacceptable”.

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