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21 people killed in shipwreck off Haiti coast
The bodies of 17 people have washed up on the shores of a coastal town in northern Haiti and 12 people have been rescued
Shipwreck in Haiti claims lives of at least 21 people
The AP reports that at least 21 people are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the northern coast of Haiti after the bodies of 11 men and six women washed ashore in the coastal town of Le Borgne, about 100 miles (160km) north of Port-au-Prince.
According to CNN, a small boat carrying about 50 migrants left from the area of Le Borgne, west of Cap-Haitien, on Wednesday night sailing toward the island of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos when it was caught in bad weather.
Civil protection spokesman Joseph Edgar Celestin said that the vessel hit a reef and sank as it tried to return to shore near Le Borgne.
Rescuers, most of them volunteers from the town of Le Borgne and surrounding communities, were dispatched to the scene and rescued at least 12 people, Celestin added, explaining that the search for survivors was still ongoing.
Haiti's government urged migrants not to board clandestine ships and condemned those organizing these illegal journeys.
