- The rescued people were placed at the disposal of the immigration authorities
The Colombian Navy reported on October 6 that they managed to rescue 16 migrants who were traveling aboard a boat near the island of San Andrés, among whom were four Venezuelan minors.
According to the institution, one of those rescued is a seven-month-old baby who was traveling aboard a boat southwest of San Andrés Island, in the general area of Isla Cayo Albuquerque.
The coast guard boarded the boat named “Yong King” and found 18 people on board, 16 of them foreigners and two Colombians, who were allegedly responsible for taking these people to Central America.
Of the total migrants, 11 are from Venezuela (7 adults and 4 children), 4 from Kosovo and one from Cuba.
The adult foreigners were placed at the disposal of the immigration authorities, while the minors were handed over to the Colombian Family Welfare Institute (ICBF).
Likewise, the two Colombians were detained for the alleged crime of migrant smuggling.
Previous rescues in the Colombian archipelago
On September 26, Colombian authorities rescued eight Venezuelan migrants, including two minors, who were abandoned on Cayo Pescador Alburquerque Island, in San Andrés.
After providing medical attention to the migrants, they were placed at the disposal of the competent authorities to continue with the pertinent procedures.
Previously, on July 9, the Colombian Navy reported on the shipwreck in the same area, which left one person dead and 15 migrants abandoned.
According to official information, the rescued migrants were nine adults: a Colombian, an Ecuadorian, an Iranian, a Nicaraguan, two Kazakhs and three Venezuelans; while the minors were two Kazakhs, three Venezuelans and one whose nationality was not identified.
Missing on Caribbean routes
The Missing Migrants Program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on August 30 that at least 291 migrants have disappeared or died so far in 2024 on the maritime routes of the Caribbean.
The program data indicates that the data recorded up to that date represented an 18% increase compared to the 247 that were recorded in the entire year 2023.
The route with the most victims is the one that goes from Cuba to the United States with 142, followed by the one taken from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico with 91, the route to the Canary Islands with 15 and the one from Haiti to the Dominican Republic with 1. according to the initiative data.
In addition, the IOM also recalled other cases that occurred between 2021 and 2022 that left a total of 70 dead on vessels found in Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, and Grenada.
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2024-10-07 03:22:19
