A group of Haitian migrants at HMBS Coral Harbour after they were apprehended in Bahamian waters on Friday (RBDF Photo by Leading Mechanic Al Rahming)
ROYAL Bahamas Defence Force officers apprehended 99 Haitian migrants in waters off Ragged Island Friday night.
According to reports, HMBS Arthur D. Hanna spotted a Haitian sloop four miles southwest of the island. Officers searched the vessel and uncovered 70 men and 29 women, who were brought to Nassau early Sunday morning for processing by Immigration authorities.
In July, Immigration Director William Pratt acknowledged that there has been an upswing in the apprehension of Haitian migrants; however, he noted that it was a seasonal trend due to favourable weather conditions.
In August, officials recorded the number of apprehended Haitian migrants to be more than 640 for the year.
Haitian nationals were the highest number of repatriations with 5,241 for 2016.
The figure represents a 65 percent increase over 2015's total of 3,183.
Comments
TorontoGal 6 years, 6 months ago
I'd like to know who pays for these people to go back to their own countries. Surely they don't have any money to get back and I doubt the Haitian government have the money either.
The Bahamas doesn't have the money to waste on these immigrants so there should be a better way to deal with them. One that would be far more cost efficient. Even putting them to work off their flight costs would take jobs away from the locals. It would be good if this manpower could be put to use somehow to improve their livelihood and benefit the Bahamas government.
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