Two Cuban rafters are repatriated to Cuba by the U.S. Coast Guard.

The United States Coast Guard returned two Cuban rafters to Cuba on Monday who were intercepted the previous week while trying to reach the Florida Keys.

A statement shared on the social media platform X by the District 7 of the Coast Guard (USCG) indicated that the two migrants repatriated this Monday had been "intercepted in an attempt at irregular and illegal maritime migration detected by a CBP AMO [Air and Marine Operations of Customs and Border Protection] crew south of Marathon on August 20."

Although the note does not specify it, it could be that these two immigrants traveled on a vessel detected that day, approximately 58 miles south of Marathon, according to a statement released by the USCG on Friday, August 23, which reports several interception operations and the repatriation of 41 Cubans.

The USCG linked the news from this Tuesday to the post published on X about the operations, suggesting that both events are related.

In any case, it is once again evident that the flow of Cuban migrants to the U.S., far from showing signs of stopping, remains steady.

In light of the precariousness of life and the lack of opportunities caused by the acute economic crisis in Cuba, hundreds of citizens from the island continue to engage in risky migration endeavors, by sea or land, in search of a more promising future for themselves and their families.

Last Monday, CBP and USCG agents rescued five Cuban immigrants southeast of Port Everglades who had been adrift at sea for seven days.

The balseros had to receive medical attention due to their state of dehydration and exhaustion, common symptoms in people who have been exposed to the harshness of the sea for extended periods.

This was one of the groups of migrants intercepted the previous week and that the U.S. repatriated to Cuba last Friday, totaling 41.

In July, the shipwreck of a boat carrying 11 people trying to escape from Cuba caused shock in Pinar del Río.

According to unofficial reports, two men survived and the body of a 20-year-old woman, Ana Elis Gazquez Vargas, who lived in Consolación del Sur, was found. Cuban authorities have not commented on the case.

A total of 15,645 Cubans entered the United States during July, according to the latest monthly report from the Customs and Border Protection Office. The report specifies that 4,918 migrants from the island arrived in Florida, mostly by sea.