Coast Guard repatriates 50 Cuban migrants

Posted on Sunday, 09.08.13

Coast Guard repatriates 50 Cuban migrants
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI -- The Coast Guard says it has returned 50 Cuban migrants to their
Caribbean homeland.

According to Coast Guard, the migrants were returned to Bahia de
Cabanas, Cuba, on Monday.

U.S. authorities picked up the migrants at sea in four separate
interdictions off the Florida Keys and South Florida on Aug. 28. A
rustic vessel with 21 people on board was found south of Key West.
Twelve migrants were found on a raft reported by a good Samaritan south
of the Dry Tortugas. Eight migrants were found aboard a raft south of
Boot Key. Nine migrants were picked up from a raft found by local
authorities in the waters east of Delray Beach.

Once aboard a Coast Guard cutter, all migrants received food, water,
shelter and basic medical care.

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