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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Migrant held at the docks waiting to be transported to HMBS Nassau
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Coral Harbour Base, 24 August, 2014 (RBDF):
The Royal Bahamas Defence Force was a part of a joint operation with
the Department of Immigration and Police at Ragged Island, which
involved the apprehension of over one hundred Haitian migrants on
Saturday night.
While on routine patrol in the Southern Bahamas,
HMBS Nassau received information that Ragged Island locals had spotted a
Haitian sloop in waters several miles off the southern end of Duncan
Town. With further assista
nce of a local
fisherman, Ragged Island Police and Immigration authorities conducted
an immediate search of the area, which resulted in the apprehension of
one hundred and five (105) undocumented Haitian nationals on Saturday 23
August, 2014.
The Migrants—seventy six (76) males and
twenty-nine (29) females—were subsequently disembarked from their
unsanitary vessel and taken into custody aboard HMBS Nassau commanded by
Lieutenant Commander Raymond King and will be transported to an
undisclosed location for further processing.
The Commander Defence
Force, Commodore Roderick Bowe, expresses his thanks and appreciation
for the assistance received from the Ragged Island Community, the local
fishermen, the Ragged Island Police and Bahamas Immigration, and notes
that the apprehension was a culmination of rapid response through a team
effort among security forces and local communities.
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