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At least 20 people died and dozens more were missing after a sailboat
crowded with Haitian migrants capsized on Friday as it was being towed
by a Turks and Caicos police boat, the US Coast Guard (USCG) reported.

Rescue crews were searching for about 58 Haitians who were unaccounted
for, the USCG said.

Early Friday, Coast Guard officials working in the area had been
notified that a Haitian vessel capsized about 800 meters (half a mile)
off Providenciales, one of the Turks and Caicos islands, while being
towed by a police boat.

A USCG helicopter located about 20 bodies, while police rescued 30
people.

The 10-meter (30-foot) sail-freighter was apparently headed for the
United States, 900 kilometers (560 miles) away, with some 150 people
aboard.

Since January, 909 Haitians have been interdicted by the Coast Guard
as they tried to make their way illegally to the United States

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150 on a thirty footer! That's 142 more than PHRF allows.

 
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