The Mariel Boatlift

Have you heard about Mariel boat lift? Ivonne Cuesta came to America at the age of seven and traveled at Mariel Boatlift 30 years ago. I will listen to her personal story about Mariel Boatlift

Mariel Boat Lift officially began on 15th April 1980 and ended on 31st October of the same year. The sudden decline of the Cuban economy has resulted in island riot and internal tension, which caused the incident. On 1 April, five Cubans were granted political power

Shelter of the Embassy of Peru. It opened the gate of refugees and within 10 days 10,000 people gathered at the embassy. Two weeks later, Castro announced that Mariel Port in the west of Havana will be open to those who want to leave. The trip was organized by a Cuban American who was keen to hire a boat in Miami and Key West to save their loved ones. By 31 October, all 125,000 Cuban refugees arrived on the coast of Florida.

The Cubans fled to the coast of America on 1,700 different ships. The ship was overloaded and many ships were crammed without safety considerations, some of which were almost airworthy. A total of 27 immigrants died, 14 of whom died on an overloaded ship that was overthrown on May 17.

Shortly thereafter, it was discovered that many refugees were released from Cuban spirit organizations and prisons and shipped to Mariel by the Cuban government. As a result, as soon as we arrived in Florida, many people were put into refugee camps and over 1,700 people were imprisoned while waiting for hearing of expulsion. In October 1980, due to the political harm of the ship, an agreement was formed between the US and the Cuban government, and numerous evacuations came to an end.

15 Lewis (2004) studied the technical effect of the Mariel boat lift. Mariel ship held in April 1980 allowed Cubans to leave their country for a limited period of time. As a result, in the United States, 125,000 Cubans were taken from Marylee to Miami in 5 months and the local workforce increased by 7% (see card, 1990). Lewis discovered that before the event, the use of lift computers in Miami after work is lower than other cities with similar computer employment levels. This indicates that this ship promotes the adoption of more unskilled and intensive manufacturing technology in the Miami industry and supports the market view that production technology is applied to regional element supply I will.

In immigration economics, there are few convincing stories over Mariel's lifts. In April 1980, Fidel Castro announced that Cubans will be allowed to leave the country from Mary. Private ship began crossing the Strait of Florida, some of which were full of refugees. More than 1% of the population of the island left a new life in America when the ship ended in late September. Many of them stay in the Miami area and are expanding the local labor force almost overnight.

Research by economist David Card solved this problem. It discussed the result of Mariel's lift accident when about 125,000 Cubans migrated from Mariel Port in Cuba to Miami from May 1980 to September 1980. These immigrants have relatively low skills (ie lower than normal ordinary workers). No evidence has been found that the unemployment rate of low skill workers and low skill workers in Miami has changed. However, many studies still find evidence that there is little correlation between immigration and labor market results 3. On the surface, this may be more surprising, not the opposite, therefore deserving some explanation. One possible explanation is that some immigrants may have a positive overall impact on the economy. This is particularly true for skilled immigrants who have come up with ideas and technological innovations to improve productivity. Another explanation is that immigrants and local workers may not be perfect substitutes even within the same skill group.