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From:TheBahamasWeekly.com Local
Coral Harbour Base, (RBDF): Eleven Cuban migrants were brought ino the Defence Force base on Friday morning after they were apprehended during a joint effort by members of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the United States Coast Guard (USCG) on Thursday past. At about 4:00 a.m. on Thursday, HMBS NASSAU along with a USCG cutter intercepted a small rustic vessel migrant vessel with (11) Cuban male migrants onboard in the Anguilla Cay area. The migrants were medically screened (inclusive of COVID-19) and were cleared to embark HMBS NASSAU for transportation to the Coral Harbour Base.
Upon their arrival at the base, the Cuban migrants were also examined by a surveillance team from the Ministry of Health, before eventual handover to Immigration Officials. They are expected to be quarantined before any introduction to the general population at the Detention Center. (For further information please contact the RBDF Public Relations Department or visit our website: www.rbdf.gov.bs, follow us on Facebook, Twitter and view our Youtube channel)
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