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From thebahamasweekly.com - Bahamas Information Services Updates
Ministry of National Security Churchill Building Rawson Square P. O. Box N-3217Nassau, The Bahamas Nassau, Bahamas - The Ministry of National Security has confirmed that on Saturday, 6 February 2010, 78 Haitian migrants were intercepted in waters near the Exuma chain when the sloop in which they were sailing was sighted by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force on a routine patrol.
Defence
Force vessel HMBS P-45 spotted the 30-foot Haitian sailing sloop approximately
13 nautical miles southwest of Barreterre, Exuma. The Haitian
migrants, 64 males and 14 females, were transferred from their unseaworthy
vessel and taken aboard Defence Force craft P-45 and P-49.
The
migrants, all of whom appeared to be in fair health, have been transferred
to HMBS Bahamas. The United States Coast Guard is assisting the Royal
Bahamas Defence Force in returning the migrants to Haiti.
The
return of the migrants to Haiti is in conformity with enunciated policy
that Haitian migrants coming to The Bahamas illegally after the earthquake
will be apprehended and returned to Haiti. 8 February 2010 © Copyright 2010 by thebahamasweekly.com - |
