A ship ran aground this Sunday in the south of the state of Florida, United States, with more than 150 Haitian migrants on board
More than 150 Haitian migrants They arrived this Sunday near an exclusive recreational area of Key Largo, in southern Florida, aboard a medium-sized boat that ran aground due to the shallow depth of the sea in the area, according to the authorities.
“The crews are responding to an alleged migratory adventure in front of Ocean Reef. The ship is aground with Coast Guard and rescue teams from partner agencies on the scene,” the company reported on Twitter. Coast Guard of the US Seventh District.
According to spokesman Adam Linhardt of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, quoted by the Miami Herald, between 150 and 200 people remained on board the ship when it stopped in the shallow waters of the Ocean Reef Club, just following 1:00 p.m. local time today.
The Ocean Reef Club area, a private marina with a golf course, is becoming a common place for large groups of Haitian immigrants to arrive in South Florida, the newspaper highlights today.
This Saturday, the United States Coast Guard intercepted a “Haitian sailboat” in Anguilla Cay, an islet belonging to the Bahamas, with 127 people on board carrying out “an unsafe trip”according to the authorities.
Last January, the same federal entity intercepted, near the Florida Keys, another vessel that was sailing overloaded with 176 Haitians on boardten of whom had to be hospitalized for showing symptoms of dehydration.
Since last October 1, 2021 (beginning of fiscal year 2022), Coast Guard crews have intercepted 993 Haitianscompared to 1,527 recorded in fiscal year 2021.
“Increased patrols are stopping these unsafe voyages before lives are lost at sea”wrote in the social network the seventh district of the federal entity of the American southeast.
