The BDM statement is inaccurate; it's wrong because there is no national crisis and no national catastrophe is imminent. 

The statement simply reveals a lack of knowledge about the facts.  

The Ministry repeats for public information that two Cubans, who are illegal migrants to The Bahamas, shortly before they were about to be repatriated to Cuba asked for their matter to be reviewed.  That review continues, but is complicated by the fact that the Migration Accord between The Bahamas and Cuba, signed in 1996 and amended in 1998, does not allow for exceptions to repatriation. 

The Ministry must necessarily be circumspect until this issue is resolved.

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

28th February, 2006