Florida, United States.
The immigration authorities of USA they arrested this Monday eleven immigrants who arrived in a boat to the coast of the city of Pompano Beach (Florida), north of Miami.
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) alerted Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on the immigrants, some of which tried to flee upon reaching land.
CBP did not report the nationality or other details of the immigrants, but local channels pointed out that once the boat arrived at the Hillsboro Inlet marina, they observed men and inclusor a minor.
The Local 10 News channel saw several peoples handcuffed sitting on the sidewalk.
On May 12, a Haitian died after jump into the sea to flee along with two other compatriots when one boat on which they arrived reached land at Jupiter Beach, on the southeastern coast ofand Florida. On that occasion, the Border Patrol came into contact with several Haitian immigrants about 40 meters off the coast of Jupiter Beach and three of them jumped overboard.
Later, two were arrested and the corpse of the third was found floating nearby.
INCREASES FLOW OF CUBANS
On the other hand, the Border Patrol reported the arrest of 18 Cuban immigrants who arrived yesterday Sunday in a rustic boat to the Florida Keys, the same day that the Coast Guard suspended the search for 10 immigrants who left Cuba a week ago and capsized on Wednesday night in front of the Florida Keys.
The Coast Guard rescued eight of the Cuban immigrants alive Thursday, as did of the corpses, but he suspended the search for the remaining 10 on Sunday.
Although tragedies, like last week, the flow of Cubans it has increased in recent days.
From October 1, 2020 the Coast Guard has intercepted 298 Cubans at sea compared to 49 intercepted throughout the fiscal year 2020.
See: 38 Central American migrants rescued in Veracruz
According to figures provided by the United States authorities, in fiscal year 2019 there were 313 immigrants intercepted and in 2018 the number reached 259, while in 2017 and 2016 1,468 and 5,396 Cuban immigrants were intercepted at sea, respectively.
The gateway for Cubans without legal permits to the US It was open until January 12, 2017, when the then presidentand Barack Obama ands withdrew that immigration benefit.
Since then, cubans who enter the United States illegally lack the temporary residence permit and, in the case of requesting political asylum, they will have to request it under the same conditions as other immigrants. EFE
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