Haiti - Social : Another tragedy of the sea... - HaitiLibre.com : Haiti news 7/7
Download the School calendar 2023-2024 (Official)





iciHaiti - Port-de-Paix : Reconstruction of the Roundabout at the corner of Street D. Estimé…

iciHaiti - Economy : Message from the Embassy of Haiti in France

iciHaiti - Social : Viva Rio launches a project in the neighborhoods of Delmas 38

iciHaiti - PNH : A member of «400 Mawozo» arrested then lynched by the population

iciHaiti - Special D1 Championship : Complete results of the first 4 days


more news


Haiti - News : Zapping...

Haiti - USA : Biden releases 10 million US to strengthen the fight against gangs in Haiti

Haiti - Crisis : Wyclef Jean asks for help from the diaspora (Video)

Haiti - FLASH : 17 bandits killed including 2 gang leaders (Video)

Haiti - International Day of La Francophonie : Message of reflection from Lesly Condé


more news


Haiti - Social : Another tragedy of the sea...
12/09/2011 17:05:59

Haiti - Social : Another tragedy of the sea...
Kendol Morgan, a government spokesman said that the bodies of 10 Haitians (5 men and 5 women] were recovered dead in the ocean off the Turks and Caicos Islands. It would seem that the illegal migrants, have attempted to reach the coast lined with reefs, on a boat overloaded after leaving a smuggler boat.

Morgan said that the survivors were questioned by police but has not been able to say exactly how many survivors there were or how many migrants had traveled on the on the boat of the smugglers, adding that a number of arrests had been made and that the territory police are investigating, along with immigration and customs officers.

Larry Mills, the acting director of immigration, declared in a Sunday statement that any would-be migrant coming to the Turks and Caicos Islands illegally is treated humanely but also questioned closely and returned home swiftly in accordance with the islands' laws.

Haitians have been coming to the Turks and Caicos Islands for years, fleeing severe poverty and the social turmoil of the Western Hemisphere's poorest country for jobs as construction workers, janitors, landscapers and bellhops... About 33,000 immigrants form an essential low-income work force on the islands, laboring to build luxurious beachfront homes, collect trash and carry suitcases for tourists...

HL/ HaitiLibre

Twitter Facebook Rss
Send news to... Daily news...




Why HaitiLibre ? | Contact us | Français
Copyright © 2010 - 2024
Haitilibre.com