Coast Guard Returns 45 Haitians to Port-au-Prince

Haiti — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa repatriated 45 Haitian migrants to Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Wednesday (4/1). The migrants were discovered Monday drifting aboard a 33-foot cuddy-cabin vessel about 70-miles southeast of the Turks and Caicos.

According to the Coast Guard, since the beginning of fiscal year 2009 Coast Guard crews have interdicted 1,304 Haitian migrants.

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