The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated nearly 400 migrants — 110 Haitians and 284 Cubans — to their native countries, following several interdictions off Florida’s coast in the past week.
FLORIDA (CMC) – The United States Coast Guard said on Tuesday that it had repatriated 110 Haitian migrants following two recent interdictions off Florida’s coast.
The migrants had been held on two ov.
According to the U.S. Coast Guard, nearly 100 migrants who were rescued from an overcrowded boat off the Florida coast had no food or water for two days. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted the 96 Haitians, as well as a passenger each from Uganda and the Bahamas, about 20 miles east of Boca Raton, Florida, last week. They were transferred to Bahamian authorities on Sunday. No one was injured. The 40-foot cabin cruiser was overloaded with 53 men, 35 woman and 10 children, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The passengers told Coast Guard crew members that they had been at sea for a week and lacked food and water during the last two days. Capt. Robert Kinsey of the Coast Guard's District Seven noted the danger of a lack of sustenance and the overloaded vessel: "Smugglers do not care whether you live or die. These people are lucky to be alive." https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/98-migrants-rescued-boat-off-florida-coast-lacked-91591437 Editorial credit: Microfile.org / Shu