A group of 47 Cubans intercepted in the waters of the Straits of Florida was returned to Havana on Saturday aboard the coast guard ship Charles Sexton, according to the United States Coast Guard Service website.
The new returned migrants correspond to three interdictions and there is no detailed distribution by age and sex. The first occurred on Wednesday, when a rustic boat was sighted about 30 miles southeast of Cayo Anguilla at midnight.
#NewNews @USCG Cutter Charles Sexton’s crew repatriated 47 Cubans to #CubaSaturday.
“Don’t take to the seas in unsafe, overloaded, rustic vessels without safety equipment or life jackets.” – Lt Ives.
Read: https://t.co/93Mb07Ifs8@USEmbCuba #DontTakeToTheSea pic.twitter.com/nJJmxq0Ows
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) June 25, 2022
A day later, a rescue team from the Islamorada Coast Guard Station alerted Key West watchers about another rustic boat, sighted at dawn about 3 miles south of Cayo Víbora.
Meanwhile, also on Thursday, the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence crew alerted their counterparts in Key West about a rustic boat seen at approximately 3:00 pm about 50 miles south of Cayo Víbora.
The US authorities once again discouraged illegal migrants, alleging the danger of navigating the Straits of Florida in this class of vessels and without adequate protection.
According to the information, since October 1, 2021, the Coast Guard Service has already intercepted 2,691 Cubans trying to reach the US shores. Once aboard a Coast Guard patrol boat, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and basic medical care, they argue.
In recent months, as the Cuban economic crisis worsens, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the flow of undocumented migrants seeking to settle in the United States at all costs, either by sea or following land routes, has grown. through several Central American countries.
The Cuban government insists on demanding that the Washington Administration comply with the migration agreements signed between the two countries, according to which the US must deliver 20,000 visas a year.
