CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti – A United States Coast Guard crew repatriated 124 Haitian migrants found on a boat off the country’s coast amid an ongoing surge in migrants from the Caribbean nation.
According to an agency news release, Coast Guard Cutter Diligence spotted the 35-foot sailing vessel approximately 17 miles northwest of Cap du Mole in Haiti Saturday.
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The agency said it provided the migrants with life jackets due to safety concerns stemming from the “grossly overloaded” vessel before repatriating them to Cap-Haitien Tuesday.
According to the release, the Coast Guard has intercepted 5,390 Haitian migrants since Oct. 1, 2021, nearly quadruple the number intercepted the entire previous year.