US Coast Guard repatriates 259 Caribbean migrants
America Coast Guard says it has repatriated 259 Caribbean migrants, together with 166 to Haiti and 66 to the Bahamas, following 5 interdictions off the coasts of Florida, Haiti and Cuba.
“The Coast Guard, together with Homeland Safety Process Pressure – Southeast companions, maintains a continuous presence with air, land and sea belongings in South Florida, the Florida Straits and the Caribbean Sea, collaborating to guard security of life at sea,” stated the US Coast Guard in a press release.
“With their mixed multi-layered method, they had been capable of interdict a number of unlawful maritime migration occasions over the previous week,” he added.
The US Coast Guard stated the Cutter Reliable had intercepted two Haitian vessels, Monday, about 40 miles north of Ile de la Tortue, Haiti.
It stated one other Coast Guard Cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753) stopped a vessel 30 miles north of Cayo Cruz Del Padre, Cuba.
As well as, the US Coast Guard stated Miami-Dade Police Division reported {that a} leisure boat had been moored at Crandon Park with suspected migrants aboard.
“Our highest precedence is to stop lack of life at sea. Our Coast Guard crews, alongside Customs and Border Safety and our different mission companions throughout the Florida Straits, Windward Cross and the Mona Cross collaborated to behave expeditiously in saving these 259 lives and repatriating them again to their nation of origin,” stated Commander Ernest Brown, deputy incident commander, Operation Vigilant Sentry.
Since October 1, final 12 months, the US Coast Guard stated its crews have encountered 6,537 Cuban migrants and 4,458 Haitian migrants.
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