PHOTO: Haitian Boat People Intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard

Look at this photo... The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted 127 Haitian migrants overloaded a 70-foot sail freighter off Cuban coast. With the help of Cuban Border Guard, the Coat Guard intercepted & repatriated 50 Haitian migrants. 77 other migrants entered Cuban Territorial Seas & were taken into custody:

At least 40 migrants have died after the boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a United Nations agency reported on Saturday, July 24, 2024.

Read: 40 Haitians migrants die in a boat fire while trying to escape hardship in Haiti

The US Coast Guard recently reported it's picked up three times as many Haitians at sea than it did last year, hundreds in the last few weeks.

Read: More and more Hatians are heading to sea trying to escape misery and gang violence in Haiti, US Coast Guard said

At least 15 Haitian boat people were found dead Sunday in the shark infested waters of the Turks and Caicos Island after the boat carrying them boat sunk.

Read: 15 Haitians found dead near Turks and Caicos Island after boat sinks

28 Haitians attempting to leave Haiti in search for a better life have lost their lives afer a boat carrying them sunk off the coast of The Bahamas, Authorities from the island country reported Sunday.

Read: 28 Haitian Boat People die after their boat sink off The Bahamas

Haitian Boat People, who are they? -- Haitians, desperate for a job to make ends meet, are constantly looking elsewhere for opportunities because there are not enough jobs in Haiti and they must survive.

Read: Haitian Boat People, The Saga Continues...

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