Fewer Cubans have been apprehended this fiscal year trying to enter the United States, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
The agency said it had seen 25% fewer Cubans trying to illegally enter the United States this fiscal year, which ends Tuesday. That amounts to 2,140 people, compared with 2,868 migrants last year.
Still, plenty of Cubans are trying to make the 90-mile trip to the United States. Officials sent 29 Cubans back in four different incidents over the past week.
The Coast Guard said almost 100 Cubans in the past two years died or are missing and presumed dead attempting the trip to the U.S.
The decrease in those attempting the journey could be due to a busy Atlantic storm season. Caribbean waters have been dangerous for the past two months due to several hurricanes and tropical storms.
