U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered 114 Haitian migrants in the Florida Keys on Thursday morning after their small vessel landed on the shores of a beach.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant and Legares' crews repatriated 309 Haitians to Haiti after intercepting the boat off Florida's coast.early Thursday, the latest of such landings to occur in the state amid a surge of similar dangerous voyages, officials said.U.S. Customs and Border ProtectionBorder Patrol agents and other law enforcement agencies found 114 Haitian migrants at the scene, officials said. Local EMS personnel were conducting medical screenings on the migrants.
Officials shared images of the migrants gathered on the beach and of their apparent vessel, which appeared small and in poor condition. Border officials warned that these voyages are dangerous. FLORIDA SENDS URGENT PLEA, SUES BIDEN ADMIN AS MIGRANTS FLOOD SHORES: ‘TRYING TO KEEP OUT HEADS ABOVE WATER’
It was unclear where the migrants had set off from. Border Patrol officials said the migrants were being transferred to a local Border Patrol station for processing. The 114 Haitian migrants were given medical screening after their vessel landed on a beach in Tavernier, Florida, on Thursday.Officials shared the above photo of the vessel after encountering the 114 Haitian migrants in the Florida Keys.interdicted over 6,000 Cubans and over 7,000 Haitians in 2022 compared to over 800 Cubans and over 1,500 Haitians in 2021. The agency does not have numbers on the number of vessels it encounters.
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