Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
08PORTAUPRINCE135
2008-01-28 18:27:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Port Au Prince
Cable title:
JANUARY 22 REPATRIATION OF 243 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
how-toVZCZCXRO3182 PP RUEHQU DE RUEHPU #0135 0281827 ZNR UUUUU ZZH P 281827Z JAN 08 FM AMEMBASSY PORT AU PRINCE TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7564 INFO RUEHZH/HAITI COLLECTIVE PRIORITY RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 1769 RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA PRIORITY 1577 RUEHQU/AMCONSUL QUEBEC PRIORITY 1000 RUMIAAA/HQ USSOUTHCOM J2 MIAMI FL PRIORITY RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 1408
UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 000135
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: JANUARY 22 REPATRIATION OF 243 HAITIAN MIGRANTS
On January 22, the US Coast Guard (USCG) transferred 243
Haitian migrants into the custody of the GoH in
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On January 19, the USCG intercepted a
40-foot sail freighter carrying 80 Haitian migrants 11
nautical miles southwest of Great Inaugua, the Bahamas. On
January 20, an USCG helicopter spotted a 30-foot sail
freighter carrying 163 Haitian migrants three miles within
Cuban territorial waters. The USCG intercepted the freighter
upon its leaving Cuban territorial waters. It remains
unclear if the migrants from both vessels were attempting to
reach the U.S. or another Caribbean island.
SANDERSON