40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti
- At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, according to a UN agency.
- The UN's International Organization for Migration reported that the Haitian Coast Guard rescued 41 survivors, with 11 hospitalized for burns.
- The boat, carrying over 80 people, departed from Labadee on Wednesday heading to the Turks and Caicos Islands, a 150-mile journey, as noted by the IOM.
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At least 40 migrants died in a boating accident off the coast of Haiti and 41 were rescued. The UN organization IOM is calling for safe migration routes for people from the Caribbean state. [more]]] >
According to the IOM, the extreme violence that the Caribbean country has been facing in recent months “has only encouraged Haitians to resort even more to desperate measures” to flee their territory.
A boat off the coast of Haiti carrying more than 80 migrants caught fire, resulting in at least 40 deaths.
Forty Haitian migrants died at sea after the boat they were riding caught fire while 41 migrants escaped the fire and were rescued by the Haitian Coast Guard. On Saturday, the media quoted a statement by the organization as saying that the boat carrying more than 80 people left Fort Saint Michel in northern Haiti for the British Turks and Caicos Islands.
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