Coast Guard to the rescue
BROOKLYN, New York—Reports out of the Caribbean region say that two US Coast Guard boats recently approach an overloaded 70-foot Haitian migrant sail freighter approximately 30 miles northeast of Moa, Cuba. The cutter crew transferred 50 migrants to the Reliance and handed them over to the Haitian Coast Guard.
The repatriation is a result of an interdiction conducted by both the US Coast Guard and Cuban Border Guard, in which a vessel was intercepted with 127 Haitian migrants.
The other 77 migrants refused lifejackets and the vessel entered Cuban territorial waters. The Cuban Border Guard took custody of the remaining 77 migrants for further disposition.
“This case is one of many inherently dangerous voyages interdicted this year in the unforgiving waters of the Caribbean Sea and Florida Straits,” said Lt. Cmdr. Jeremy Montes, 7th District duty enforcement officer.
“These ventures are ill advised because they place the people aboard in grave risk of injury or death due to the unsafe loading of the vessel and lack of adequate lifesaving equipment. The Coast Guard and our partner agencies continually monitor the maritime border of the US to deter, detect and rescue migrants who embark on illegal and life threatening voyages.”
Once aboard Coast Guard cutters, all migrants receive food, water, shelter and medical attention. Approximately 1,334 Haitian migrants have attempted to migrate illegally to the US via the maritime environment since October 1 compared to 1,869 Haitian migrants in fiscal year 2017. These numbers represent the total number of at-sea interdictions, landings and disruptions in the Florida Straits, the Caribbean and Atlantic.
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