The Mona Passage is an 80-mile strait that separates the Dominican Republic from Puerto Rico. It’s a popular route for some migrants and is as an alternative to crossing the U.S.-Mexico border:
The migrants come through the highly traveled Mona Passage between the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Over the last year, 4,300 illegal immigrants have been caught. [In 2006], almost 3,000 have been taken into custody. Most are Dominicans, but increasingly the migrants are Cubans — some 660 [in 2006]…
No one knows for sure how many have died trying to cross the treacherous, 3000-foot deep channel, but it's estimated that as many as 10,000 people attempt to cross it every year.
Image- Georgetown University (“Dominicans crossing the Mona Passage in a yola.”)
Sources- Canadian Press, Dominican Today, Wikipedia, CBS News
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