Following the arrival of round 300 migrants through the New Yr’s weekend, the Florida Keys’ Dry Tortugas Nationwide Park needed to briefly shut.
“Like elsewhere within the Florida Keys, the park has lately seen a rise in folks arriving by boat from Cuba and touchdown on the islands of Dry Tortugas Nationwide Park,” the Nationwide Park Service defined in a information launch this week. “Park first responders present meals, water and primary medical consideration till the Division of Homeland Safety arrives and takes the lead.”
It’s anticipated that the closure would final a couple of days.
The 100-square-mile park, generally known as house to Fort Jefferson, undeveloped seashores and luxurious coral reefs, won’t be open to guests throughout this time. Accessible by boat or seaplane, the park is positioned on seven small islands about 70 miles west of Key West. Each providers shall be momentarily stopped.
Till they’re transferred to U.S. Customs and Border Safety custody in Key West, the migrants are being fed and housed by the Homeland Safety Activity Drive – Southeast, regulation enforcement, and medical workers, the group mentioned on Twitter on Wednesday.
In keeping with a press release on the Fb web page of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, which has jurisdiction over the Florida Keys, greater than 160 migrants have additionally lately arrived within the Center and Higher Keys.
Regardless of the park’s closure, there are nonetheless loads of methods to go to Key West and the remainder of the Florida Keys, from seaside holidays to highway journeys alongside the Abroad Freeway.
