(EFE).- A total of 165 Cuban migrants were detained after arriving in the Florida Keys in precarious boats in just two days, while the repatriation of rafters to the island continues, according to bilateral agreements.
Border Patrol (CBP) agents responded this Thursday to the notice of four landings in the Florida Keys, and found 48 Cubans who had just arrived in precarious boats, Walter N. Slosar, CBP chief in the sector, reported on Twitter. Miami.
The previous day, Slosar indicated by the same way, there were 117 Cubans detained after making landfall west of Key West “in multiple rustic boats,” he said.
“We will repatriate people detained at sea to their country of origin or departure,” Miller stressed.
For its part, the seventh district of the US Coast Guard reported in a statement that 162 Cubans were repatriated on Wednesday after being detained in various interception operations at sea.
Since last October 1, the date on which the current fiscal year began, 3,370 Cubans have been detained in the waters of the Florida Straits, a figure that reaches half of the arrests for the same reason that occurred in the entire previous fiscal year ( 6.182).
“Crews from the Coast Guard and partner agencies continue to patrol and stop illegal migration to the US by sea,” said Lt. Matthew Miller of the 7th District, which covers the waters from South Carolina to Apalachee Bay. , the Florida Keys, Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.
“We will repatriate people detained at sea to their country of origin or departure,” Miller stressed.
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