Coast Guard stops 8 Cuban migrants off the Florida Keys Coast Guard stops 8 Cuban migrants off the Florida Keys Gwen Filosa Thu, February 11, 2021, 6:14 PM The U.S Coast Guard stopped eight Cuban migrants in a boat off the Upper Keys this week. They were sent back to Cuba. A good Samaritan on Monday alerted Coast Guard Sector Key West to the people in the “rustic vessel,” the Coast Guard reported. A Station Islamorada rescue crew was launched “due to concerns of safety of life at sea.” A Customs and Border Protection crew also arrived on the scene. Seven men and one woman were found in the boat south of Islamorada and transferred to the crew on the Coast Guard Cutter William Trump, which brought them back to Cuba on Thursday, the Coast Guard said.