The United States Coast Guard (USCG) repatriated this Thursday nine Cuban migrants who were detained when they tried to disembark in Key West.
According to a note published in X, the entity warned that it is patrolling the sea to "rescue and repatriate" anyone who attempts illegal maritime migration.
Two days before Christmas Eve the USCG returned to the island other 45 Cuban rafters who were detained off the coast of Islamorada, also in southern Florida.
A published image showed that these rafters were traveling in a precarious rustic boat placed on a platform of what appeared to be polyfoam.
These data show that the Cuban immigration crisis continues unstoppable amid a deterioration in living conditions in the Caribbean nation.
The us coast guard They have returned more than 130 immigrants to Cuba in fiscal year 2024, which began on October 1, 2023.
Along the land borders there is also the arrival of immigrants from the island, who come to request political refuge in the United States after a long land journey.
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