Portsmouth-Based Coast Guard Cutter Spencer Sends Nearly 200 People Back to Haiti
The Coast Guard Cutter Spencer intercepted a disabled vessel carrying 191 Haitian migrants, providing aid before repatriation amid ongoing internal displacement and insecurity in Haiti.
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Nearly 200 Haitians stopped at sea in latest escape attempt from gang-ravaged country
MIAMI—The U.S. Coast Guard repatriated 191 Haitians Tuesday after intercepting a dangerously overloaded vessel about 40 miles north of Cap-Haïtien, officials said in a press release. The group had been attempting the treacherous journey to escape Haiti’s escalating violence, hunger and instability. Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, a 270-foot medium-endurance vessel, spotted the overcrowded boat on Aug. 29 after it had become …

U.S. Coast Guard returns fleeing migrants to Haiti after spotting overcrowded vessel
The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday repatriated nearly 200 migrants back to Haiti after they were interdicted at sea approximately 40 miles north of Cap-Haïtien.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced that it intercepted 191 Haitian migrants who were crammed into a boat in the Atlantic, bringing to 603 Haitians repatriated by this U.S. agency so far this fiscal year. The Cutter Spencer crew of the Coast Guard now reported in a statement on the repatriation of migrants, which occurred on Tuesday, after having detected them last Friday in international waters about 40 miles (about 64 kilometers) north of the Haiti…
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On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) repatriated 191 Haitians to Haiti after intercepting an overloaded and disabled boat...
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