MADRID, Spain.- A total of 75 Cuban migrants were repatriated to Cuba this Sunday by the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The return to the Island was in charge of the crew of the coast guard Paul Clark.
As specified by the entity through the social network TwitterCuban rafters had been intercepted in several operations near the Florida Keys over the past week.
The arrests occurred Tuesday about two miles southwest of Marquesas Key, and about five miles southeast of Upper Matecombe Key; Wednesday about 15 miles northwest of Elbow Cay, Bahamas, and about 160 miles south of Venice, Louisiana; while on Thursday another group of Caribbeans was intercepted about 15 miles southeast of Marathon.
#breaking @USCG Cutter Paul Clark’s crew repatriated 75 Cubans, Sunday.#DontTakeToTheSea because it may disqualify you for the new @DHSgov immigration programs.
Read: https://t.co/mtfKoJSwEW@USEmbCuba pic.twitter.com/T7IbHFs0cM
—USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) March 5, 2023
“Don’t go to sea,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole J. Groll of Coast Guard District Seven in sharing the information. “It can disqualify you from the new immigration programs of the Department of Homeland Security,” she warned.
In mid-January, the United States Government warned that migrants who arrive illegally in its territory, including by sea, would be repatriated and would not be able to apply to the immigration program. parole humanitarian launched on January 5 by President Joe Biden.
According to the Coast Guard of the northern country, since October 1, 2022 (beginning of fiscal year 2023 in the United States) to date, 5,846 Cubans have been intercepted at sea (336 less than in the entire previous fiscal year). ). The vast majority of them have been returned to the Island.
On the other hand, last week the Ministry of the Interior of Cuba (MININT) confirmed that the number of Cuban irregular migrants repatriated from different countries so far this year amounts to 2,431.
That organization highlighted that there have been 37 deportation operations and that most of the returnees tried to reach the United States illegally.
