US says it granted 15,000 of 20,000 visa quota for Cubans last fiscal year

“The United States issued only about 15,000 of the 20,000 emigrant visas it had agreed to issue to Cubans during the last fiscal year, American authorities said Monday, and they blamed Cuban officials for the shortfall.

“It has been impossible this year to maintain the rhythm of work” of past years because of insufficient personnel, said Sean Murphy, consul general at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana.

He said Cuban authorities have not allowed the American mission to fill 11 job openings, all typically held by Cuban citizens, on the section’s 45-member binational staff.”

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