It collapses boat with illegal Haitians

At least 38 people were killed and 87 were rescued after the sinking of a boat of Haitian migrants in the East coast of Cuba, said State television cubana.

According to a note disclosed by the State greater national of Civil Defense of Cuba, the island border guards found the remains of the boat Saturday 100 metres to the East of Punta Maisí, at the end of the province East of Guantanamo Bay.

The workings of search and rescue of the Cuban forces have so far found 38 bodies of 21 men and 17 women.

Have also been saved 87 people, including 80 men and seven women.

Within the Group of the rescued alive, four are under currently receiving attention at an international immigrants camp in Punta Maisí.

"Combined forces of the Cuban Red Cross and local authorities continue search, rescue and rescue in the area", u000aAdds the note.

The Haitian President Michel Martelly regretted the death of his compatriots Saturday.

The President Martelly expressed its condolences to the families of the victims and gave instructions to ensure that the Government helped the survivors of the tragic accident, 87 points out a press release disseminated yesterday by the Presidency.

the ruler also asked the citizens of his country that "no they venture at sea on board vessels of risk endangering their lives in the target desperate illegally reach other countries in search of better opportunities".

Martelly reaffirmed also their commitment to work in the improvement of living conditions of all Haitians through the creation of jobs, so that events like these do not recur, added the statement.

Haiti began the search for survivors of the wreck of the boat which capsized in waters off Cuba. "The" u000aGovernment has confirmed the news. "We are precisely in evaluation meeting," said an official at the news site online Haiti Press Network (PNH).

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survivors of the sinking were brought to the camp international of immigrants of Punta Maisí, at the eastern end of Cuba, where they receive medical care, reported the authorities of that country.

The travels of Haitian illegal immigrants are common through in the Caribbean Sea, waters used to try to reach the shores of United States.

At the end of September, the bodies of 10 Haitian illegal immigrants dead in the waters of the Turks and Caicos were repatriated to Haiti.

Turks & Caicos, inhabited by some 15,000 Haitians, 6,500 of them in illegal status, is one of the most common destinations for undocumented immigrants from Haiti, like its neighbour u000aDominican Republic.

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