Coast Guard repatriates 34 Cuban migrants, 39 Haitian migrants

Coast Guard District 8 NewsMIAMI — The Coast Guard repatriated 34 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, and 39 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti, during the past week.

The migrants were interdicted at sea in four separate cases since Sept. 18.

The 39 Haitian migrants were repatriated Saturday.

Twenty-one of the Cuban migrants were repatriated Saturday. Thirteen of the Cuban migrants were repatriated Thursday.

For more information on how to legally immigrate to the United States, call U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at 1-800-375-5283 or visit the USCIS website at www.uscis.gov.

All migrants interdicted were provided with food, water, shelter and basic medical attention.


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