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Haitian Refugees: Capsized Boat Deliberately Overturned

HeadlineMay 11, 2007

Survivors of a boat capsizing that killed at least 61 people fleeing Haiti last week are claiming they were deliberately overturned. The survivors say they were just minutes from the British territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands when a patrol boat rammed them and left them to drown in shark-infested waters. More than 160 people were on board. Both the Turks and Caicos and British governments have declined comment.

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