A 27-foot vessel stopped off the coast of Palm Beach, Florida, with 18 Haitian migrants aboard in June 2021. (PHOTO: US COAST GUARD)
NASSAU, BAHAMAS The United States Coast Guard (USCG), homeported in Key West, transferred 18 Haitian migrants and a Bahamian to The Bahamas over the weekend, after stopping a vessel the men and women were on approximately one mile east of Lake Worth Inlet on Thursday.
“Palm Beach Sheriff officers had reported to Sector Miami watchstanders [that] a 27-foot vessel was located boating without lights at night,” the US Coast Guard said yesterday.
“They were stopped for safety concerns and it was discovered the vessel was overloaded with 18 Haitians and one Bahamian.”
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