A vessel with ten (10) male migrants was spotted off the Pedro Castle area of Grand Cayman on Wednesday, 11 December 2024 at approximately 1:30pm. Upon being sighted, the vessel was observed traveling in a westerly direction.

A Cayman Islands Port Authority vessel was the first to establish contact and initially monitored the situation at sea. Subsequently, a Cayman Islands Coast Guard (CICG) vessel arrived on the scene, maintained surveillance of the migrant vessel, and took on board the lone male migrant who no longer wanted to continue the journey.

The CICG transported the lone migrant to shore after which Customs & Border Control (CBC) Service (CBC) received the migrant who was later transported to the CBC Detention Facility for processing.
The CICG shadowed the migrant vessel out to sea until they were no longer visible.