Mexico City, Mexico.-Thirty rafters They were returned to Cuba this Thursday by the United States Coast Guard (USCG, for its acronym in English). With them there are 3,268 irregular migrants returned from various countries in the region so far in 2023, according to the EFE agency, referring to the Ministry of the Interior (Minint).
This last returned group was made up of 24 men and 6 women – mostly residents of the province of Matanzas. These people were traveling in a rustic boat and were intercepted at sea by the US SGC.
The note details that most of the returnees come from US territory or waters. The US Coast Guard has returned 2,383 Cuban citizens in 37 operations, which represents almost 73 percent of the total number of people returned.
This week, the governments of the Cayman Islands and the Bahamas deported a total of 50 irregular migrants to the island, almost all also from the province of Matanzas and participants in an illegal departure by sea.
Deportations do not stop
On Thursday, April 13, the Coast Guard will also repatriated 28 Cuban rafters located days before about 38 miles north of the province of Villa Clara by the crew of the USCGC Stone cutter.
“The Coast Guard maintains a strong maritime presence to detect and intercept anyone attempting to illegally emigrate by sea in the Straits of Florida and the Caribbean region,” Lt. Peter Hutchison said after reporting on the operation.
In this sense, the officer specified that “no one should risk their life in unsafe rustic boats in unpredictable seas.”
From October 1, 2022 —beginning of fiscal year 2023— to April 13, 2023, the United States Coast Guard crews intercepted 6,317 Cuban rafters, 135 more than all those detained in the previous year.
On April 10 of this year, the Cuban Ministry of the Interior (MININT) reported that the number of Cuban migrants deported in 2023 from different countries amounted to 3,131.
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