US Coast Guard intercepts 323 migrants from Haiti

The US Coast Guard repatriated 323 Haitian migrants on Monday after intercepting them aboard two overloaded sailboats in Bahamian waters, northwest of Haiti's northern coast, a Coast Guard officer said.

The operations since Friday were the largest interceptions at sea of would-be migrants from the poor Caribbean state since it was devastated by an earthquake on January 12 that wrecked the capital Port-au-Prince and killed up to 300,000 people. (Reuters)