Wednesday, November 27, 2013

30 believed dead as boat full of Haitian migrants capsizes near The Bahamas

The U.S. Coast Guard found a man Wednesday who survived the deadly capsizing of a boat packed with migrants in the Bahamas as a search continued for survivors or more bodies.

A crew from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter spotted the survivor on a small island northeast of Green Cay, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) from where a sailboat with about 150 Haitian migrants on board ran aground and capsized on Monday night, officials said.

The man was turned over to Bahamian authorities, who are

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