The Bahamas plans to repatriate 11 Cuban migrants intercepted off Anguilla Cay around 4am Friday, April 10.
The arrest was a joint effort between the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the US Coast Guard.
The Cuban migrants were screened for coronavirus on arrest. Additionally, a team from the Ministry of Health examined them again when they arrived at the Defence Force base at Coral Harbour.
The migrants are now in the custody of the Department of Immigration. They will remain quarantined before they are transferred to the Detention Center.
The Defence Force vessels have established a blockade off the northern Bahamas to protect the country’s borders in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
