Coast Guard sends home 122 Haitian, Cuban boaters
The Associated Press
MIAMI -- The U.S. Coast Guard has returned more than 120 Cuban and
Haitian migrants to their Caribbean homelands.
The Coast Guard says 82 Haitians were aboard a 40-foot sailing vessel
intercepted Friday northwest of Great Inagua, Bahamas. They were all
returned Monday to Cap-Haitien, Haiti.
Fifteen Cuban migrants were returned Monday to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba.
The Coast Guard says they were picked up at sea in three separate
interdictions since Thursday.
Another 25 Cuban migrants were repatriated Sunday. A Coast Guard vessel
picked them up Wednesday after a Coast Guard aircraft spotted their
vessel south of Key West.
Meanwhile seven rafters rescued Friday by a Royal Caribbean cruise ship
returning to Port Everglades remain in Coast Guard custody. They are
expected to be repatriated later this week.
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