MADRID, Spain.- The United States Coast Guard (USGC) repatriated 75 Cuban migrants this weekend, after three interdictions off the Florida Keys.
The Cubans were returned by the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Paul Clarks, as stated by said entity through Facebook.
“A Good Samaritan notified the watchmen of the Key West Coast Guard sector about a rustic boat, on April 30, at approximately 1 pm, about 10 miles south of Boca Chica Key,” he says about the first interdiction. an release released by the USGC.
The presence in US waters of the other two vessels, a rustic boat and a raft, were reported Tuesday at 1:00 pm and 4:45 pm The first, about 5 miles south of Boot Key, and the second , about 9 miles south of Ramrod Key.
“The risk of loss of life is great when these illegal migrations are attempted on unpredictable seas and in crude, unsafe vessels,” said Lt. E’Bria Karega of Coast Guard Legal District Seven.
According to USGC information, since October 1, 2021 (beginning of the current fiscal year), Coast Guard crews intercepted 1,609 Cubans, compared to: 5,396 Cuban migrants in 2016; 1,468 in 2017; 259 in 2018; 313 in 2019; 49 in 2020; and 838 in 2021.
Arrival of Cuban migrants at the southern border of the United States
The current migratory wave of Cubans to the United States is also reflected in the arrival through the southern border of the United States.
Last April, more than 35,000 Cubans crossed this border, while in March there were 32,000.
With this figure, there are already more than 115,000 migrants from the island who have arrived at the southern border of the United States since last October.
Recently transcended that the United States will begin the massive deportation of Cuban and Nicaraguan migrants to Mexico, under the Title 42 agreement established between the US government and the Mexican authorities; therefore, the number of Cuban migrants arriving in the US could decrease in the coming months.
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