Recently, the US President signed an executive order directing the preparation of a large-scale migrant detention centre at the US naval base in Guantánamo Bay.
About Guantánamo Bay:
It forms an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, indenting southeastern Cuba.
It is a large and well-sheltered bay; it has a narrow entrance to a harbour and is capable of accommodating large vessels.
Ports: It is served by the ports of Caimanera and Boquerón.
The strategic importance of the bay—close to the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti that links the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and Panama.
Guantanamo Bay, widely known as “Gitmo,” has been used to house terrorism suspects since the September 11, 2001, attacks, but it also has a small, separate facility known as the Migrant Operations Centre.
This centre has historically held migrants intercepted while attempting to enter the US by boat, primarily from Haiti and Cuba.
The facility occupies only a small part of the base and currently lacks the capacity to house the 30,000 detainees.
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