The US Coast Guard said it has so far interdicted about 150 Haitian migrants - CMC photo
MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew from the Cutter Resolute repatriated 110 Haitian migrants on Tuesday after stopping a voyage about 50 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti. “A forward-deployed Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted a 40-foot vessel Friday overloaded with people,” the US Coast Guard said. “Resolute’s crew diverted and brought the people aboard out of an abundance of caution for the safety of life at sea.” “I could not be prouder of the crew for safely interdicting and deterring migrant ventures through coordinated efforts to enforce US and partner nation treaties and laws,” said Justin Vanden Heuvel, commander of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute.
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Coast Guard Repatriates 110 Haitians Aboard an Overloaded Boat
Haitian officials transfer migrants from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute to their boat, Dec. 22, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard)
23 Dec 2020
MIAMI More than 100 Haitians who were attempting to leave the country aboard an overloaded 40-foot boat were apprehended at sea and repatriated Tuesday by the U.S. Coast Guard.
According to the 7th District Southeast in Miami, the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew repatriated 110 Haitian migrants who were crammed aboard a wooden vessel painted blue with the words Laewa Esperyans (Laewa experience ) and Ann Wiv Ansanm (let s live together) painted in red and yellow on its side.