MIAMI, United States. – Agents of the United States Border Patrol responded this Thursday afternoon to a landing of 12 Cuban migrants that took place in Miami Beach, at the height of 67th Street, reported on Twitter Officer Walter N. Slosar.
In a video circulating on social media The rafters detailed that they left Camalote, in Camagüey, and spent five days at sea.
Every week, dozens of Cubans approach the coast of Florida, where they are generally intercepted by Coast Guard agents and then deported to the Island. However, many of them perish at sea before reaching land.
Since October 1, 2022, the beginning of the current fiscal year, Coast Guard teams have intercepted nearly 1,000 Cuban migrants.
This Thursday, the Border Patrol also detained 22 Cuban migrants who crossed the Straits of Florida in a rustic sailboat and made landfall in Marathon.
On Wednesday, Coast Guard officers stopped to nine Cuban rafters who arrived at Biscayne National Park aboard an artisanal boat. On the same day, the Border Patrol reported the arrest of nine Cuban migrants who made landfall at Coco Plum Beach.
“Illegal migration in rustic and improvised boats without safety equipment, such as a life jacket, is dangerous,” has warned Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole J. Groll, Coast Guard 7th District. “Risking their lives during these adventures causes their loved ones unnecessary anxiety about whether they are safe or lost at sea,” she added.
Recently, the United States embassy in Havana warned Cuban rafters that it would strengthen surveillance in the Straits of Florida, with a view to dealing with the increase in irregular maritime migration.
Recently, the United States embassy in Havana warned Cuban rafters that it would strengthen surveillance in the Straits of Florida, with a view to dealing with the increase in irregular maritime migration.
The diplomatic legation on the Island published on its social network account Twitter several tweets accompanied by a statement, in which he assures that the migratory crisis has become a concern of National Security.
“The Joint Homeland Security Task Force increased its operational posture to address a recent increase in irregular maritime migration. Agencies are increasing patrols and law enforcement by land, air and sea, day and night,” reads one of the Embassy publications.
The migration agreements between Cuba and the United States establish that people who are intercepted on the high seas will be returned to the island.
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