Cuba, which is experiencing its worst economic crisis since the 1990s, has seen a record number of its residents fleeing to the United States over the past year.
abc.net.au/news/migrant-influx-from-cuba-forces-florida-national-park-to-close/101825100Dry Tortugas National Park, a group of islands west of Florida, will remain closed until further notice due to a growing number of boats arriving from Cuba, US authorities have announced.
The remote park — known for its historic Fort Jefferson — sits almost 110 kilometres west of Florida's southernmost city of Key West, and is just over 160km north of the Cuban capital, Havana. In a statement, the US National Park Service said the park "will temporarily closed to public access while law enforcement and medical personnel evaluate, provide care for and coordinate transport to Key West for approximately 300 migrants who arrived in the park over the past couple of days".
"Like elsewhere in the Florida Keys, the park has recently seen an increase in people arriving by boat from Cuba and landing on the islands of Dry Tortugas National Park," the statement added.
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