US embassy cable - 05PORTAUPRINCE2871

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REPATRIATION OF 250 HAITIAN MIGRANTS

Identifier: 05PORTAUPRINCE2871
Wikileaks: View 05PORTAUPRINCE2871 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Port Au Prince
Created: 2005-11-22 16:05:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: PINR SMIG HA
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS PORT AU PRINCE 002871 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PINR, SMIG, HA 
SUBJECT: REPATRIATION OF 250 HAITIAN MIGRANTS 
 
On November 11, 2005, the United States Coast Guard Cutter 
Resolute repatriated 250 Haitians (188 adult males, 60 adult 
females, and two minor males) to Admiral Killick Naval Base 
in Port-au-Prince.  The Resolute interdicted the migrants in 
two separate vessels on November 10, 50 miles north of La 
Tortue island.  All of the migrants were in good physical 
condition, though the Resolute determined that neither vessel 
was seaworthy.  No migrants stated fear of political 
persecution as their motivation for setting sail.  Some 
claimed economic misery as their motivation.  The Haitian 
National Office of Migration distributed T-shirts and travel 
money (app. 10USD) to each repatriated migrant.  This is the 
first significant interdiction and repatriation of Haitian 
migrants in over two months, though more may follow now that 
the hurricane season is coming to an end. 
CARNEY 

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