Cuban authorities said they had arrested 17 people on charges related to a ring of human traffickers that allegedly lured young Cuban men to serve in the Russian military amid the Ukraine conflict.
Yes, the cost of a passport (charged by the Cuban government) is now a barrier. Also, they may not allow you to leave if you are a doctor, baseball player, communist official, etc.
So yes, people can “leave” now if they have a lot of money and permission from the government. It’s nothing like a free country.
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Poverty is the main barrier for people from any country leaving their country
Yes, the cost of a passport (charged by the Cuban government) is now a barrier. Also, they may not allow you to leave if you are a doctor, baseball player, communist official, etc.
So yes, people can “leave” now if they have a lot of money and permission from the government. It’s nothing like a free country.
They use their doctors as educated slave labor:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-trafficking-idUSKBN1WC00X
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/07/23/cuba-repressive-rules-doctors-working-abroad