A New Cuban Refugee Crisis?

Daily Mail: EXCLUSIVE: Obama's refugee crisis - thousands of Cubans flee Castro over fears US open-door policy will end but are now stuck in Central America, penniless, ill and blaming the White House

* Obama's decision to unfreeze relations with Cuba has prompted a panic to leave and claim refugee status in US
* Cubans believe automatic 'dry foot' refugee status will be abolished soon and have paid traffickers to reach the Mexico-US border
* But 8,000 are now stuck in Costa Rica where land borders have been closed - and they have run out of money
* Red Cross is warning of new humanitarian crisis with doctors called in to deal with illness in makeshift refuges
* Refugees tell Daily Mail Online the crisis is of Obama's making because of his deal with the Castros

Thousands of Cubans are caught in a new refugee crisis triggered by President Obama's moves towards ending the embargo on the country, Daily Mail Online can reveal.

As many as 8,000 are living in squalor in Costa Rica where their attempts to reach the United States have stalled, with the central American country facing a growing humanitarian crisis over their presence.

The Cubans are trying to get to the US land border with Mexico, where they will be able to claim refugee status in America, and a rapid path to citizenship.

Thousands have fled the Communist country since Obama and Raul Castro last year ended more than 60 years of frozen relations.

They have moved in a panic prompted by fears that the detente would lead to the abolition of automatic refugee status for Cubans who reach the US land border.

WNU Editor: These Central American countries do not want these Cubans on their soil .... that is why they made this deal with lightning speed today .... Deal paves way for thousands of Cuban immigrants heading to U.S. (CNN). Here comes another wave of refugees to the U.S..