US Coast Guard Intercepts Boat with 400 Haitian Migrants Off the Bahamas: Report

US Coast Guard Intercepts Boat with 400 Haitian Migrants Off the Bahamas: Report
The U.S. Coast Guard on Jan. 21 intercepted a ship carrying 396 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas. U.S. Coast Guard
Bill Pan
Bill Pan
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The U.S. Coast Guard has detained a 50-foot boat crammed with nearly 400 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas.

The migrant ship carrying 396 “unlawful entrants from the Republic of Haiti” was intercepted on Saturday near Cay Sal Bank, an island between Florida and Cuba, according to Bahamian immigration authorities.

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