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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 57958" data-attributes="member: 158">Crews rescued 15 Cuban migrants stranded on an uninhabited island in the Florida Keys Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the Border Patrol’s Miami sector, <a href="https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1553434289974517762" target="_blank">tweeted</a> that the migrants made landfall in a “rustic vessel” on an island in the Marquesas Keys, which are west of Key West.Agents took them into custody, Slosar said.Officials did not say how long the migrants were stranded on the island.Less than 24 hours before this rescue, a Carnival cruise liner <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/30/watch-cruise-ship-aids-12-migrants-stranded-near-keys/" target="_blank">rescued</a> 12 stranded migrants drifting in the Straits of Florida.Federal agencies are dealing with a <a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/12/its-better-to-die-at-sea-than-to-live-in-cuba-feds-face-increase-in-illegal-migration/" target="_blank">massive increase</a> in Cuban migration. The Coast Guard says crews have intercepted more than 3,400 Cuban migrants since Oct. 1, 2021.<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/30/15-cuban-migrants-rescued-after-being-stranded-on-uninhabited-island/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 57958, member: 158"] Crews rescued 15 Cuban migrants stranded on an uninhabited island in the Florida Keys Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the Border Patrol’s Miami sector, [URL='https://twitter.com/USBPChiefMIP/status/1553434289974517762'][B]tweeted[/B][/URL] that the migrants made landfall in a “rustic vessel” on an island in the Marquesas Keys, which are west of Key West. Agents took them into custody, Slosar said. Officials did not say how long the migrants were stranded on the island. Less than 24 hours before this rescue, a Carnival cruise liner [URL='https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/30/watch-cruise-ship-aids-12-migrants-stranded-near-keys/'][B]rescued[/B][/URL] 12 stranded migrants drifting in the Straits of Florida. Federal agencies are dealing with a [URL='https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/12/its-better-to-die-at-sea-than-to-live-in-cuba-feds-face-increase-in-illegal-migration/'][B]massive increase[/B][/URL] in Cuban migration. The Coast Guard says crews have intercepted more than 3,400 Cuban migrants since Oct. 1, 2021. [url="https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/07/30/15-cuban-migrants-rescued-after-being-stranded-on-uninhabited-island/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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