"First U.S. Deportation Flight Lands in Guantanamo Bay"

First military flight lands in Guantanamo Bay with migrants deported from the U.S.

A U.S. military aircraft carrying 200 migrants deported from the U.S. landed at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on Tuesday evening, February 4, 2025. This marks the first of what is expected to be a series of deportation flights to the U.S. naval base, which has historically been used to detain individuals linked to the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The U.S. government has eyed Guantanamo Bay as a potential holding center for migrants, with plans to accommodat

e up to 30,000 individuals. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, a U.S. Army veteran who served at Guantanamo Bay, has endorsed the base as a suitable location for housing migrants. The number of U.S. military personnel stationed at the base has increased in recent days to support the operation, with approximately 300 service members involved, mostly U.S. Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment.

In addition to the deportation flight to Guantanamo, a separate flight was made on Monday to return Indian nationals to India. Prior to this, there had been seven other deportation flights to countries such as Ecuador, Guam, Honduras, and Peru. Colombian officials also took two flights to repatriate migrants to their country.

Critics of the move, such as Amy Fischer, director of Amnesty International USA’s Refugee and Migrant Rights Program, have condemned the decision to use Guantanamo Bay as a migrant holding facility. Fischer described the action as "cruel" and "costly," warning that it would isolate migrants from legal support, family, and resources, thereby violating their human rights.

There are over 725,000 undocumented Indian immigrants in the U.S., the third-largest group after Mexico and El Salvador, according to the Pew Research Center. The number of Indians attempting to cross the U.S.-Canada border has surged in recent years, with more than 14,000 arrests made by the U.S. Border Patrol in the year ending September 30, 2024. This accounted for 60% of all border arrests, marking a tenfold increase from two years prior.

President Donald Trump wants to use the facility as a holding centre and said it has the capacity to hold as many as 30,000.

The first U.S. military flight deporting migrants from the United States to Guantanamo Bay arrived in Cuba on Tuesday evening, February 4, 2025, marking the beginning of what is expected to be a significant increase in migrant deportations to the U.S. naval base. For decades, Guantanamo Bay had primarily been used to detain individuals connected to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who previously served at Guantanamo Bay, has referred to the base as an ideal location for housing migrants. In the days leading up to the arrival of the first deportation flight, additional U.S. troops were deployed to help prepare the facility. Around 300 service members are currently supporting operations at Guantanamo Bay, with the number fluctuating according to the needs of the Department of Homeland Security, the lead federal agen

cy overseeing the operations. Approximately 230 of these service members are U.S. Marines from the 6th Marine Regiment, who began their deployment on Friday.

Amy Fischer, director of the Refugee and Migrant Rights Program at Amnesty International USA, strongly criticized the use of Guantanamo Bay for holding migrants. Fischer called it a “cruel” and “costly” decision, warning that it would isolate migrants from their legal and family support systems, thereby violating their human rights.

In addition to the Guantanamo deportation, the U.S. also sent Indian nationals back to India on Monday. The first group of Haitian migrants deported from the U.S. arrived in their home country on Tuesday. Previously, there had been seven deportation flights to countries such as Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru. Colombian officials also flew to the U.S. to take two flights of migrants back to Colombia.

According to the Pew Research Center, there are more than 725,000 undocumented Indian immigrants in the U.S., the third-largest group after Mexico and El Salvador. In recent years, there has been a surge in Indian nationals attempting to cross into the U.S. from the U.S.-Canada border. The U.S. Border Patrol arrested more than 14,000 Indian nationals at the Canadian border during the year ending September 30, 2024, which represented 60% of all border arrests, a sharp increase from the previous two years.

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