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Migrants missing after boat overturns in Puerto Rico bay

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities are searching for at least eight migrants believed to be missing in waters near the historic area of Puerto Rico’s capital. The U.S. Coast Guard says the migrants were apparently aboard a boat that capsized in San Juan Bay on Tuesday night, according to two survivors from the Dominican Republic who were rescued. Wednesday’s search comes amid a spike in human smuggling voyages departing from Haiti and the Dominican Republic as people flee poverty and violence. From October 2021 through September 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard has detained at least 88 such voyages in waters near Puerto Rico and in the Mona Passage.

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