SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - Authorities said they have returned more than a dozen migrants to their home country of the Bahamas after they were stopped off the coast of South Florida.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew spotted the migrants 10 miles off Sunny Isles Beach, Thursday.

The 13 migrants were on board a small boat with two other people who were taken into custody.

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