Coast Guard inundated with Haitian, Cuban repatriations
U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday, Aug. 9, repatriated 186 Haitian migrants, taking two suspected smugglers into custody, and returned 43 Cuban migrants to their homeland.
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U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday, Aug. 9, repatriated 186 Haitian migrants, taking two suspected smugglers into custody, and returned 43 Cuban migrants to their homeland.
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MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard has stopped at sea more than 3,000 Cuban migrants fleeing deteriorating economic, safety and political conditions in the island nation who were heading to the coast of Florida since October -- more than the last five fiscal years combined, according to the agency.
The staggering figure comes as the Coast Guard announced it returned 64 migrants to Cuba.
"Please, for your own safety, don't take to the sea," said Lt. Paul Puddington, Coast Guard District Seven.