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United States Coast Guard repatriated 125 Haitian migrants
posted on: Jan 7 2012 8:41 by RDugey. Viewed 14 times.
The United States Coast Guard.
UU. They repatriated 125 Haitians in Cap-Haïtien, in the North of the Caribbean island, after rescuing them from an overloaded boat that was sailing towards the American coast, said yesterday the coast guard American.
The repatriated Haitians were spotted last Tuesday North of Mole (Haiti) conducted by the crew of an aircraft from the airbase of the coast guard in Miami, who alerted immediately one of the ships of the patrol to intercepted them it and raise to Board.
"The Coast Guard warns strongly against attempts to take to the sea for illegally entering United States", said in a statement Eduardo Pino, Captain of the coast guard.
In that regard, emphasized the dangers involved in navigating a "overloaded vessel," without lifeboats, with little or no guarantee of security, what "endangers human life".
The migration agreement between States u000aAmerica and Haiti, signed in 1981, States that all Haitian immigrants intercepted by the US authorities should be repatriated.
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