US stops record numbers of illegal migrants
Almost 2,000 caught trying to cross into Puerto Rico by boat – up from five in 2009.
Published On 28 Oct 2013
Every year the United States Coast Guard intercepts an average of six thousand migrants trying to enter the US illegally.
There’s been a big increase in the number trying to cross the dangerous Mona Pass – from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
It’s gone from five in 2009 to nearly 1,800 so far in 2013. Al Jazeera’s Andy Gallagher reports.