US Coast Guard repatriates 63 Haitian migrants
Published:Monday | January 2, 2023 | 12:56 AM
MIAMI (CMC)
The United States (US) Coast Guard said that the crew of its cutter Kathleen Moore repatriated 63 Haitians migrants last Friday.
The US Coast Guard said that The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos law-enforcement aircrew notified District Seven watchstanders of a sailing vessel on Sunday at about 1 p.m., nearly 29 miles east of Punta de Maisi, Cuba.
The US Coast Guard said its surface crews responded.
“Coast Guard and partner agency crews will continue to patrol the Florida Straits, Windward and Mona passages,” said Lieutenant Nicholas Fujimoto, Coast Guard District Seven. “Anyone attempting to enter the US illegally will be repatriated to their country of origin or departure.”
Since October 1, 2022, the US Coast Guard said its crews have interdicted 1,036 Haitian migrants, compared to 7,175 Haitian migrants in 2022; 1,527 in 2021; 418 in 2020; 932 in 2019; 609 in 2018; and 419 in 2017.