Turks and Caicos police question survivors of Haitian shipwreck in smuggling investigation

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Police in the Turks and Caicos Islands are questioning Haitian survivors from a capsized migrant vessel in hopes of identifying those responsible for the smuggling operation.

Turks and Caicos police begin 4th day of search for survivors from Haitian shipwreck

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Police boats circled an uninhabited island Thursday looking for dozens of Haitian migrants missing from a deadly shipwreck, but rescuers had little hope of finding any survivors as the search entered its fourth day.

Shipwrecked Haitians tell of their ordeal as authorities call halt to search operation

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — The young man was weak and alone when searchers found him on an uninhabited island shortly before authorities ended the hunt for victims of the sinking of a rickety sailboat crowded with people fleeing Haiti’s poverty.

US Coast Guard scans ocean for missing Haitian migrants but hopes dim for survival

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Rescue teams scanned the clear blue waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands Wednesday with fading hopes of finding dozens of Haitian migrants whose sailboat struck a reef and shattered in the waves.

85 feared dead in haiti boat tragedy near US coast

Turks and Caicos boat capsizePROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Search teams waited anxiously for daylight Wednesday to resume the hunt for nearly 70 Haitians missing after a handmade wooden sailboat splintered on a reef and spilled nearly 200 poor migrants into rough seas. More than 100 survivors who clung to wreckage or razor-sharp reefs for hours in the waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands were plucked out by rescue boats Monday night and Tuesday — five managed to swim 2 miles (3 kilometers) to shore. Searchers also recovered 15 bodies.

Rescuers search for dozens of Haitians after sailboat overloaded with refugees sinks

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — Rescuers searched by sea and air Tuesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, killing at least 15 migrants fleeing the poverty of their homeland.

Boat with Haitians capsizes off Turks and Caicos; 113 saved, dozens missing

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — The U.S. Coast Guard used boats, airplanes and a helicopter to search the warm, shallow waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday for some 70 Haitians believed missing after their overloaded sailboat capsized. Rescuers pulled 113 survivors from reefs, and police recovered 11 bodies.

Boat capsizes off US coast; 113 saved, up to 85 missing

Boat with Haitians capsizes, 113 saved, 85 missing

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — An overloaded sailboat carrying Haitian migrants sank off the Turks and Caicos Islands and as many as 85 people are missing, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.

US Coast Guard says vessel carrying as many as 200 Haitians capsizes near Turks and Caicos

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos — A vessel carrying as many as 200 Haitian migrants capsized and sank near the Turks and Caicos Islands on Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. One survivor said the boat struck a reef as they tried to elude police.

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