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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark repatriated 31 migrants to Cuba on Wednesday.
United States Coast Guard news reports that their repatriation followed multiple interdictions in the Florida Straits.
The first took place on Friday morning when Sector Key West Watchstanders received a report from the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut about an illegal migrant voyage 38 miles southwest of Marquesas, Florida.
The cutter Walnut crew arrived on scene and embarked the migrants safely.
The second happened Friday afternoon. An Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew detected a migrant vessel 23 miles north of Matanzas, Cuba. Watchstanders diverted the cutter Walnut crew who arrived on scene and safely embarked the migrants.
The last happened on Saturday morning when Sector Key West Watchstanders got a report of a migrant venture 23 miles south of Plantation Key, Florida. A Coast Guard boat arrived on scene and safely embarked the migrants.
