Officials in Turks and Caicos have intercepted a boat carrying 117 migrants from Haiti, making this the fourth boat in about a week to be found.
The Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police apprehended the the boat carrying 90 males, 21 females and six female children at 3:30 PM on December 28, 2011. The passengers were brought ashore and will be detained, processed and repatriated as appropriate.
This is only the latest of a wave of hundreds of Haitians leaving in Haiti.
