MIAMI, The United States Coast Guard says that its cutter Kathleen Moore crew repatriated 63 Haitian migrants to Haiti on Friday following an interdiction off Cuba’s coast.
The U.S. Coast Guard said that a Coast Guard Operations Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos law enforcement aircrew notified District Seven watchstanders of a sailing vessel Sunday, at about 1:00 p.m., about 29 miles east of Punta de Maisi, Cuba.
The U.S. 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 U.S. illegally will be repatriated to their country of origin or departure.”
Since October 1, 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard said its crews had interdicted 1,036 Haitian migrants compared to 7,175 Haitian migrants in the Fiscal Year 2022; 1,527 in the Fiscal Year 2021; 418 in the Fiscal Year 2020; 932 in the Fiscal Year 2019; 609 in the Fiscal Year 2018; and 419 in the Fiscal Year 2017.
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