The boat caught fire off the north coast of the Caribbean island, the UN and Haitian immigration authorities announced on Friday. The boat had left the port in Labadee on Wednesday with more than 80 people on board and was on its way to the Turks and Caicos Islands, around 240 kilometers away.Port-au-Prince.
According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 41 passengers were rescued by the Haitian coast guard. Eleven of them had to be treated in hospital. Haiti has been in a serious crisis for years, which is being fueled by gang violence, political instability and economic hardship.
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