MIAMI, CMC – The US Coast Guard says the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Venturous repatriated 65 migrants to Haiti on Tuesday following an interdiction of a migrant venture near Great Inagua, Bahamas.
The US Coast Guard said a good Samaritan notified watchstanders in the Seventh Coast Guard District command center of a sailing vessel in distress on March 7.
“The Coast Guard’s primary mission as a member of the Homeland Security Task Force- Southeast (HSTF-SE) is to preserve human life at sea,” said Captain Willie Carmichael, Incident Commander for Operation Vigilant Sentry.
“The maritime environment is inherently dangerous and can become deadly aboard crowded unseaworthy vessels,” he added. “The Coast Guard will continue working with our HSTF-SE partners to rescue and repatriate anyone attempting irregular migration via sea routes, regardless of nationality.”
The US Coast Guard said its crews repatriated 131 migrants to Haiti in fiscal year 2024, which began on October 1, 2023.
“The Coast Guard and its Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners will continue to be a presence in the air and on the waters of the Florida Straits and the Caribbean to detect and deter attempts to enter the US unlawfully by sea,” the US Coast Guard said.
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