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US Coast Guard sends 119 migrants back to Cuba
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06 January 2022
WASHINGTON, 06 January 2022, (TON): The United States Coast Guard has said it returned 119 Cuban migrants to their country in a dozen operations over the course of three days, as growing numbers of Cubans attempt to reach the US by water.
In a statement issued late, the Coast Guard said the migrants were swept up in the South Florida Straits from the Bahamas to the Florida Keys after their boats were found adrift offshore.
It said “in each instance, the Coast Guard helped secure the U.S. border and prevented these perilous sea voyages from ending in tragedy.”
Cuban state media said Tuesday’s repatriation was the largest in four years.
Footage from the docks on Cuba’s north shore showed masked health workers dressed in white receiving the migrants, who had been delivered by boat by the US authorities.
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