US Coast Guard repatriates over 300 Caribbean migrants from Bahamas and Haiti

U.S. Coast Guard crews returned a total of 305 migrants to the Bahamas and Haiti on Sunday and Monday following several at-sea interceptions of illegal migration attempts.

As part of Operation Vigilant Sentry, which is aimed at preventing and responding to illegal maritime migration in the Caribbean, the Coast Guard intercepted one group near Anguilla Cay in the Bahamas and two others near Cap-Haïtien and Île de la Tortue in Haiti, according to the USCG.

On Sunday, the USCG transferred 109 Haitians to the Royal Bahamas Defense Force after aircrews alerted Coast Guard Sector Key West about an attempted illegal migration near Anguilla Cay.