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‘Typically it doesn’t end well’: The seas migrants cross aren’t safe. Neither are the boats

MIAMI — The capsizing of a boat near the Bahamas on Sunday that killed at least 17 people — suspected to be Haitian nationals trying to land in Miami — underscores the dangers that migrants on illicit sea voyages face trying to reach American shores.

Miami Herald

Boat carrying Haitian migrants sinks off Bahamas, killing 17

Authorities in the Bahamas say a boat carrying Haitian migrants apparently capsized at sea, and Bahamian security forces recovered the bodies of 17 people and rescued 25 others

The Independent UK

17 died in the Bahamas after a boat believed to be carrying Haitian migrants capsized

A vessel carrying as many as 60 people people capsized off the coast of the Bahamas. The islands have seen a recent increase in human smuggling incidents, as Haitians flee dire conditions back home.

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More than a dozen suspected Haitian migrants drown in boat accident off Bahamas

A boat carrying Haitian migrants apparently capsized off the Bahamas early Sunday, and Bahamian security forces recovered the bodies of 17 people and rescued 25 others, authorities said.

France 24

16 Haitian migrants reportedly dead after boat capsizes off a coast in the Bahamas

A boat capsized in Bahamian waters in Sunday’s first hours, reportedly killing 16 Haitian migrants.

Miami Herald

A Miami-bound boat capsized off the Bahamas, killing 16 adults and 1 child

MIAMI — A boat capsized in Bahamian waters in Sunday’s first hours, killing 17 “suspected irregular Haitian migrants,” Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis said at a Sunday afternoon news conference.

Miami Herald

Sixteen Haitian migrants killed and 21 rescued after boat capsizes near The Bahamas

‘We mourn lives lost of those seeking a better way of life,’ immigration minister says

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315 kids, adults shelter at school to escape Haiti gang war

Hundreds of children and adults are sheltering at a high school in Haiti’s capital after fleeing shooting in a neighborhood where fighting between two rival gangs in recent weeks has caused dozens of deaths and destroyed homes

The Independent UK

Haitian children who escaped gang violence take shelter in Port-au-Prince school

Hundreds of Haitian children are taking refuge at a prestigious high school in Port-au-Prince after escaping gang violence in the town of Cite Soleil that killed some 400 people and destroyed hundreds of homes this month.

Reuters

More than 150 migrants on an overloaded sailboat grounded off Miami-Dade, Coast Guard says

MIAMI — An overloaded sailboat carrying more than 150 migrants was stopped by the U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies Thursday morning off Boca Chita Key, a small Upper Florida Keys island located in South Miami-Dade County.

Miami Herald

UN decries rising death toll, rights violating in Haiti

U.N. agencies are again warning of rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent gang fighting in the Cite Soleil district alone

The Independent UK

At least 234 dead or hurt in Haiti gang violence from July 8-12: UN

Geneva (AFP) - Gang violence killed or injured at least 234 people from July 8-12 in Haiti's Cite Soleil, an impoverished and densely populated neighbourhood of the capital Port-au-Prince, the United Nations said on Saturday.

AFP

Gang warfare traps thousands in Haiti slum as fuel crisis add to desperation

Calls for aid to be let into Port-au-Prince district after weeks of violence leave dozens dead and cut supplies of food and water

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UN Security Council calls on members to stop arming gangs in Haiti

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United Nations Security Council agreed Friday to ask member states to ban the transfer of small arms to Haiti, rocked by deadly gang violence, but stopped short of a full embargo requested by China.

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U.N. urges end to Haiti gangs weapons supply; China wanted embargo

The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously threatened targeted sanctions against criminal gangs and human rights abusers in Haiti and called on countries to stop a flow of guns to the strife-torn Caribbean country.

AFP

China asks UN Security Council for ban on small arms to Haiti

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - China has asked the UN Security Council to vote on banning small arms deliveries to Haiti, setting up a potential stand-off Friday with the United States whose draft resolution does not reflect Beijing's proposal.

The Independent UK

UN to vote on choking off small arms from gangs in Haiti

The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a vote for Friday on a resolution that calls on all countries to stop the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to any party supporting gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti

Reuters

China pushes for U.N. arms embargo on Haiti criminal gangs

China said on Thursday it wants the United Nations Security Council to impose an arms embargo on criminal gangs in Haiti as the 15-member body negotiates a resolution to extend a U.N. political mission in the strife-torn Caribbean country.

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China urges UN to ban small arms to criminal gangs in Haiti

China is urging the U.N. Security Council to try to cut off the supply of small arms, light weapons and ammunition to gangs in Haiti, which has been unable to stem an upsurge in criminal violence and kidnappings

Reuters

Haiti fuel deliveries resume following protests over shortages

Haiti's main fuel terminal was resuming operations on Thursday after nearly a week of gang violence that had forced the halt of deliveries and triggered protests in the Caribbean nation's capital.

AFP

Nearly 90 dead in Haiti gang violence, as country slides into chaos

Port-au-Prince (AFP) - A week of gang violence in Haiti's capital has left at least 89 people dead, a rights group said Wednesday, as soaring prices, fuel shortages and gang warfare accelerate a brutal downward spiral in the security situation in Port-au-Prince.

France 24

Week of gang battles kills dozens, deepens fuel shortages in Haiti

A week of clashes between rival gangs in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has left at least 89 people dead and dozens injured, a human rights group said Wednesday.

The Independent UK

UN Security Council delays vote on Haiti political mission

The U.N. Security Council has postponed its vote on extending the U.N. political mission in crisis-wracked Haiti after China called for closed consultations on the resolution

The Independent UK

Dozens dead, injured in Haiti's capital in gang clashes

Local officials in Haiti say dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of the capital

Reuters

Gang violence in Haitian capital cuts off food aid, UN says

The United Nations has been forced to move humanitarian aid and workers across Haiti by air and ship because gang violence has become so bad in the capital Port-au-Prince, an aid official said on Tuesday.

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