MIAMI, United States. – This Saturday, the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Charles Sexton repatriated 47 Cubans who had been intercepted near the Florida Keys in three different operations, the Coast Guard reported in a statement.
Last Wednesday, the watchers of the Seventh District of the United States Coast Guard were informed of the presence of a rustic boat approximately 30 miles southeast of Anguilla Cay, in the Bahamas.
Meanwhile, the following Thursday the Key West Coast Guard Sector received news of another rustic vessel that was approximately 3 miles south of Long Key.
Finally, the same Thursday the watchmen received news of a new rustic boat that was about 50 miles south of Long Key.
“Don’t go to sea in unsafe, overloaded and crude boats without safety equipment or life jackets,” said Lt. Connor Ives, of the Seventh Coast Guard District, following the operations to rescue Cuban rafters. “The Florida Straits are unpredictable and the weather can make a trip deadly in an instant.”
Cubans continue to throw themselves into the sea, indicates the Coast Guard
“We urge families in the United States to encourage their loved ones to migrate legally,” said Lt. Cmdr. Mark Cobb, a security officer for Coast Guard District Seven in the wake of the soaring illegal migration of Cubans in the past. going from the current fiscal year.
“Illegally crossing the unpredictable Florida Straits in crude and improvised boats is very dangerous and can result in loss of life,” he added.
Since October 1, 2021, the start of the current fiscal year, US Coast Guard crews have intercepted 2 691 Cubans, a figure that exceeds the number of migrants from the island intercepted each fiscal year from 2017 to 2021.
According to the agency, the statistics have behaved as follows: 5,396 Cubans intercepted in fiscal year 2016; 1,468 in 2017; 259 in 2018; 313 in 2019; 49 in 2020 and 838 in 2021.
“Once aboard a Coast Guard patrol boat, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical attention,” the Coast Guard has indicated on other occasions.
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