| Office of Public Affairs U.S. Coast Guard Seventh District |
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| Press Release |
Date: April 13, 2004 Contact: PA3 Sandra Bartlett |
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NINE MIGRANTS REPATRIATED TODAY MIAMI - Coast Guard cutter Key Biscayne, a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., repatriated nine Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba today after being stopped from two separate migrant voyages this week. The most recent case occurred Saturday afternoon, when Coast Guard cutter Farallon, a 110-foot patrol boat from Miami Beach arrived on scene with a raft with two people on board approximately 20-miles southeast of Freeport, Bahamas. Both migrants were taken on board Farallon, and the raft was destroyed as a hazard to navigation. Shortly after embarking the migrants, one of them was sufferring from dehydration, and needed immediate medical attention. A Health Services Technician from Coast Guard Group Miami was dispatched to the scene, and determined the migrant needed immediate medical attention. The patient was then transferred to a small boat, and taken to ashore, where he was met by EMS for further transfer to a local hospital. The migrant who remained on board Farallon was transferred to the cutter Key Biscayne for today's repatriation to Bahia de Cabanas. Two days prior, a U.S. Navy vessel located eight migrants on a raft approximately 23 miles north of Villa Clara, Cuba. All eight migrants were taken aboard the Navy vessel, and transferred to the cutter Key Biscayne for today's repatriation. ### The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, maritime, multi-mission service within the |
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