Migrants, eight men and two women, were helped by the crew of the enchantment of the Seas and delivered to the Mexican authorities
Madrid, Spain.- A cruise of the company Royal Caribbean rescued ten Cuban balslers who were drifting in a precarious vessel near Mahahual’s coast, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo.
According to local media and official reports, the crew of the Enchantment of the Seas He sighted the improvised boat and proceeded to help his occupants, eight men and two women, who showed signs of malnutrition but were in stable conditions.
One of the passengers of the cruise, Jeffrey Walker, reported that the balsos shouted “help”, waved clothes to get attention and looked very exhausted, as he knew he knew 14ymedio.
After providing them with basic medical attention and food on board, the migrants were landed at the Costa Maya dock, where they were received by personnel from the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) and Naval Health, who confirmed that they did not present a serious risk to health.
Subsequently, Cubans were in custody of the National Migration Institute (INM), responsible for defining their legal situation in Mexico and offering them regularization or humanitarian protection options.
The cruise, which initially planned to address the Bahamas to visit the perfect day attraction, modified its itinerary to avoid the effects of HUBERTE HURRY and of the tropical storm Imelda, entering Mexican waters, where the rescue finally occurred.
This is not an isolated fact: last February, another Cruise by Royal Caribbean, the Brilliance of the Seasrescued eleven Cubans in similar circumstances in the waters of the Yucatan Canal, which demonstrates the persistence of the dangerous maritime crossings undertaken by migrants on the island in search of better living conditions outside the country.
