US and Cuba resume migration talks

Migration talks between Cuba and the US began in New York today.  The two countries had suspended talks on migration six years ago after a series of disagreements over who could travel to the US and what would happen to Cubans who were intercepted at sea on their way to Florida.

The US and Cuba broke diplomatic relations in 1960 and these talks follow a couple of small apertures by President Obama, who lifted travel restrictions for Cuban Americans in April.

To find out more about what´s on the table this time around, we contacted Daniel Erikson, a senior associate at the Interamerican Dialogue, a Washington DC think tank. Erikson is the author of The Cuba Wars: Fidel Castro, the United States and the next revolution.