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A boat with about 180 Haitian migrants on board bound for the US runs aground in Cuba

MADRID, 29 Jun.

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A boat with about 180 Haitian migrants on board bound for the US runs aground in Cuba

MADRID, 29 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

A boat with about 180 Haitian migrants on board and trying to reach the United States has run aground this Tuesday on the coast of north-central Cuba.

The Cuban authorities have rescued the migrants in Cayo Francés, in the municipality of Caibarién, north of the province of Villa Clara, providing medical attention and humanitarian aid, the director of the Red Cross in the province, Miguel Ángel Fernández, assured. Granma newspaper.

Later, the group of Haitian migrants will be transferred to the Willian Darias establishment, located on the outskirts of Santa Clara, where they will receive the necessary help.

About 800 Haitian migrants trying to reach the United States were stranded in May in the same area of ​​Cuba.

Since the assassination of the president, Jovenel Moise, the always turbulent political and economic situation in Haiti has been hit even harder. The power vacuum degenerated into a security crisis, with daily murders and kidnappings, especially in large areas of the capital, and this has caused thousands of Haitians to flee the country.