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U.S. Coast Guard 7th District Southeast Contact: 7th District Public Affairs Office: 305-415-6683 After Hours: 305-202-3735 7th District online newsroom

Coast Guard repatriates 177 people to Cuba 

  

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Family members in the United States inquiring about possible family members interdicted at sea, please contact your local federal U.S. representative. 

Para personas que residen en los EE.UU. buscando información sobre un familiar posiblemente interceptado por la Guardia Costera, por favor comuníquese con la oficina de su congresista o representante del Senado, local. 

MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutters Pablo Valent and Robert Yered's crews repatriated 177 people to Cuba, Thursday, following interdictions off Florida's coast.

Coast Guard Cutter Issac Mayo's crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Jan. 4, at approximately 1:20 p.m., about 20 miles south of Duck Key.

A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Jan. 4, at approximately 5 p.m., about 15 miles east of Dry Tortugas.

A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations law enforcement aircrew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Jan. 4, at approximately 5:50 p.m., about 35 miles south of Key West.

A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Friday, at approximately 6:30 p.m., about 35 miles southeast of Key West.

Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore's crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Friday, at approximately 1:30 a.m., 15 miles south of Marquesas Key.

Coast Guard Cutter Angela McShan's crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Saturday, at approximately 10:25 a.m., about 30 miles southeast of Lower Matecumbe Key.

Coast Guard Cutter Angela Mohawk's crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Saturday, at approximately 12:30 a.m., about 10 miles south of  Key West.

“The U.S. Embassy in Cuba has resumed processing all immigration visas in Havana and, with the new legal pathways to enter the United States announced by the White House and Department of Homeland Security last week, we urge all people to use the safe and legal means available to travel to the United States," said Lt. Cmdr. Mark Cobb, Coast Guard District Seven. "Don't put your life at risk by taking to the sea when you don't have to."

Since Oct. 1, 2022, Coast Guard crews interdicted 4,917 Cubans compared to: 

• 6,182 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2022
• 838 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2021
• 49 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2020
• 313 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2019
• 259 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2018
• 1,468 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2017
• 5,396 Cuban Migrants in Fiscal Year 2016

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

For more information about newly announced immigration programs:

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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services: Processes for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans

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