Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07PORTAUPRINCE1185
2007-07-09 13:00:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:
JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
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UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001185
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/EX AND WHA/CAR
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS USOAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM HA
SUBJECT: JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 001185
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/EX AND WHA/CAR
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS USOAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM HA
SUBJECT: JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
1. The US Coast Guard (USCG) on July 4 transferred 76
Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the early morning of July
2 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 94 Haitian migrants
36 nautical miles northwest of Cape du Mole, Haiti.
Seventy-six migrants asked to be transferred to the USCG
cutter, while 18 migrants remained on the sail freighter.
The sail freighter, which the USCG escorted, returned safely
to Haiti. The migrants informed the USCG that they were
bound for the United States.
SANDERSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR WHA/EX AND WHA/CAR
S/CRS
SOUTHCOM ALSO FOR POLAD
STATE PASS AID FOR LAC/CAR
INR/IAA
WHA/EX PLEASE PASS USOAS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM HA
SUBJECT: JULY 4 REPATRIATION OF 76 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
1. The US Coast Guard (USCG) on July 4 transferred 76
Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The USCG in the early morning of July
2 intercepted a sail freighter carrying 94 Haitian migrants
36 nautical miles northwest of Cape du Mole, Haiti.
Seventy-six migrants asked to be transferred to the USCG
cutter, while 18 migrants remained on the sail freighter.
The sail freighter, which the USCG escorted, returned safely
to Haiti. The migrants informed the USCG that they were
bound for the United States.
SANDERSON