Bahamas detains 56 more Haitian migrants at sea
Source: AP
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The Bahamas military detained 56 Haitian migrants on a boat near where another migrant vessel capsized earlier this week and caused up to 30 deaths, authorities said Thursday.
The Royal Bahamas Defense Forces said the migrants were stopped near Ragged Island. They were detained Wednesday as authorities were searching for any more survivors or bodies from Monday's capsizing near Harvey Cays.
The military says about 30 migrants drowned when their boat struck ground and capsized in an area dotted with tiny islands, reefs, rocks and expanses of shallow water. Authorities have not been able to recover all the bodies.
The military said the 111 survivors of the capsizing and the 56 found near Ragged Island would be held in New Providence and repatriated. The Bahamas has detained more than 1,500 migrants this year, 90 percent from Haiti.
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