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iciHaiti - Social : 200 Haitian boat-people intercepted in Southwest Bahamas
15/06/2019 09:29:18
On Thursday, the authorities responsible for border surveillance in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands, with the help of the US Coast Guard, intercepted an overloaded boat in the south-west of Inagua (Bahamas archipelago) with on board 200 Haitians migrants.
Illegal migrants have been arrested and taken back to the hands of the migration services, according to relief agencies in the Bahamas, before being repatriated to Haiti in the coming days
The exodus of Haitians fleeing their country continues to increase, because of the violent demonstrations, the political crisis, insecurity and the collapse of the economy which with an inflation rate close to 18% https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27867-haiti-economy-record-inflation-at-177.html and an exchange rate of the national currency around 93 gourdes for 1 US dollars, dramatically reduces the power of buy a little more each day.
See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27441-haiti-social-40-haitian-boat-people-intercepted-in-the-bahamas.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27022-haiti-social-2nd-flights-of-haitians-expelled-from-the-bahamas.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26829-haiti-flash-shipwreck-off-the-islands-of-abaco-16-dead-and-15-haitian-survivors.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26979-haiti-social-towards-an-exodus-of-haitians-in-the-bahamas.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26723-icihaiti-security-rescue-of-31-haitians-by-the-us-coast-guard.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26633-icihaiti-social-130-haitian-boat-people-intercepted-off-the-bahamas.html
https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26594-icihaiti-bahamas-4th-boat-of-illegal-haitian-migrants-intercepted-in-7-days.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26565-haiti-bahamas-16-haitian-boat-people-intercepted-east-of-south-beach.html
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