Quick Glance: DeSantis activates Florida National Guard in response to migrant spike in Keys
- On Friday, Gov. Ron DeSantis activated the Florida National Guard in response to a spike in migrants arriving in boats in the Florida Keys.
- More than 4,400 Cubans and Haitians have landed in Florida since August, as both nations' political and economic crises worsen.
- According to officials, at least 65 migrants have died since August while attempting the perilous journey in often dilapidated boats.
- While federal officials did not provide a breakdown of the nationalities of migrants who have arrived in Florida since August, the great majority came from Cuba, which is around 100 miles from the Keys.
U.S. officials say Coast Guard crews rescued nearly 400 migrants aboard “an unsafe, overloaded Haitian sailing vessel” near the Bahamas ... Show more https://abcn.ws/3H3dNQR
The United States Coast Guard says its crews have repatriated and transferred 169 migrants to Cuba and the Bahamas, making it known that the maritime ... Show more https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20230521/us-coast-guard-repatriates-169-migrants-cuba-bahamas #GLNRToday
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The United States Coast Guard says it has repatriated 259 Caribbean migrants, including 166 to Haiti and 66 to the Bahamas ... Show more https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20230508/us-coast-guard-repatriates-259-caribbean-migrants #GLNRToday
Quick Glance: Several people are killed after a boat carrying Haitians capsizes in Bahamian waters.
- CMC NASSAU, Bahamas - At least 17 people were killed and 25 were rescued after a boat suspected of being involved in a human smuggling operation capsized early Sunday off the coast of New Providence.
- Davis stated that the Royal Bahamas Police Force and Defence Force responded shortly after to reports of a boating mishap seven miles off the coast of New Providence.
- "We take this opportunity to strongly condemn the organisation of smuggling operations which risk human life and compromise our national security," Davis added.
- He further stated that those participating in the smuggling operation would face prosecution.
The United States Coast Guard has detained a boat carrying 396 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas in one of the biggest human smuggling incidents in the ... Show more https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20230123/396-haitian-migrants-detained-50-foot-boat-near-bahamas #GLNRToday
The United States Coast Guard says it rescued 55 Caribbean migrants who were left abandoned and stranded by smugglers on the uninhabited natural reserve of ... Show more https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/caribbean/20230122/us-coast-guard-rescues-55-caribbean-migrants-stranded-monito-island #GLNRToday