Boat with over 100 Haitian migrants arrives in southern Florida state, US officials say, just eight days after more than 350 migrants arrived in the same area
Federal, state and local US forces have responded to deal with what officials call a"maritime smuggling event."
The boat arrived in the morning at Summerland Key, in the Florida Keys, an archipelago that extends to the south of the state, a spokesman for the Monroe County Sheriff's Office told the AFP news agency on Monday. In a photo sent by the sheriff's office, dozens of Haitian migrants could be seen grouped in front of a house by the seafront in Summerland Key.On March 6, 356 Haitians arrived in North Key Largo, about 150 kilometres northeast of Summerland Key.
The others remained on the ship and were taken into custody by the US Coast Guard, which returned them to Haiti on Friday, the authority said in a statement.
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