The United States Coast Guard (USCG) repatriated six Cuban rafters this Monday after the boat they were traveling in was intercepted near Key Largo.
Information published on Twitter by Coast Guard District Seven stated that the migrants were returned to the island by the crew of the coast guard vessel Isaac Mayo.
“Partners continue to patrol at sea to rescue and repatriate anyone attempting illegal maritime migration,” the aforementioned entity concluded.
The group - made up of five men and one woman - had left the country illegally last Friday, according to a note from the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).
With this ya suman three rafter return operations in the first 15 days of the year by the United States authorities through the Port of Orozco, located in Bahía Honda, province of Artemisa, in which a total of 63 rafters have been repatriated to Cuba.
In their report, the Cuban authorities insisted that they remain "firm" in their commitment to "safe and orderly" migration, while emphasizing their warning about the danger and life-threatening conditions represented by illegal departures from the country by sea.
In the last week of 2023, the United States Government deported 40 Cubans, 31 of them by air, and another nine through the coast guard, according to the agreements in force between both nations in order to stop irregular migration.
Havana and Washington have a bilateral agreement so that all migrants who arrive by sea to the territory of the North American country are returned to the Island.
During the last fiscal year, which began on October 1, 2022 and ended on September 30, 2023, nearly 7,000 Cubans were intercepted by the US Coast Guard.
Cuba is going through an unprecedented wave of migration exacerbated by a serious economic crisis, rampant inflation and growing dollarization of the economy. In 2022, it is estimated that 4% of the Cuban population left the country.
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