Madrid Spain.- A total of 42 Cuban migrants were taken into custody after making landfall this Saturday at two different locations in the Florida Keys.
One group arrived at Dry Tortugas and the other at Islamorada, he specified through the social network Twitter Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar.
This September 1, another twelve Cuban rafters were rescued by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) when they were stranded in the Marquesas Keys, an uninhabited island west of Key West.
Yesterday, 42 migrants from #Cuba were taken into #BorderPatrol custody after making landfall at two different locations in the Florida Keys. 21 migrants made landfall in the Dry Tortugas & 21 additional migrants made landfall in Islamorada. #sundaymorning #Florida pic.twitter.com/YjmEiO0xTj
— Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar (@USBPChiefMIP) September 4, 2022
While two days before the United States Border Patrol had detained 24 Caribbean nationals who arrived in Key West by the same route.
Due to the increase in irregular maritime migration, the United States Embassy in Havana warned this Sunday to the Cuban rafters of a reinforcement of surveillance in the Straits of Florida.
“The Joint Homeland Security Task Force increased its operational posture to address a recent increase in irregular maritime migration. Agencies are increasing patrols and law enforcement by land, air and sea, day and night,” the consular headquarters said.
Just as he warned that “people who try to enter the country illegally by sea will be intercepted and must await repatriation to their country of origin or the country from which they departed, in accordance with the laws, policies and obligations of the international treaties of the USA”.
According to the statement, these actions are intended to “deter, prevent and respond to illegal maritime migration.”
So far this fiscal year (October 2021 to August 2022), the United States Coast Guard has repatriated more than 5,000 Cubans who were trying to enter the United States irregularly.
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