MADRID, Spain.- A group of eight Cuban migrants was detained this December 26 after making landfall on Isla Mujeres, located in Cancun, Quintana Roo, the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico reported through the social network Twitter.
“The National Institute of Migration of Mexico, in coordination with the Ninth Naval Region of the Secretary of the Navy, attends the arrival of a raft to Isla Mujeres (Cancun, Quintana Roo) of eight migrants from Cuba,” indicated the Tweet.
The publication is accompanied by an image where Cubans are observed, apparently in good health conditions, being cared for by the authorities of the Aztec country.
The eight migrants were placed in the custody of immigration authorities, who will decide their fate.
So far it is unknown if the objective of the Antilleans was to reach Mexico, or if their destination was to reach the coast of the United States, but the sea and the conditions of the raft prevented them from doing so.
@INAMI_mx in coordination with the Ninth Naval Region of @SEMAR_mxattends the arrival of a raft to #Women Island (Cancun, #Quintana Roo) of 8 migrants from #Cuba ?? pic.twitter.com/VSnfzE2dAo
— INM (@INAMI_mx) December 26, 2022
Every week, dozens of Cubans approach the Florida coast, where they are generally intercepted by agents of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and then deported to the island. Many of them perish at sea. before reaching land.
This December 25On Christmas Day, 15 Cuban rafters made landfall in the Florida Keys.
From October 1, 2022, the beginning of the fiscal year, until the beginning of December, Coast Guard crews had intercepted at sea more than 3,300 Cubans who were trying to reach the United States.
While last November a total of 34,675 Cuban migrants arrived at the southern border of the United States, which represents 21% more than those who arrived in October (28,848).
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