Caribbean

3 Dead, 13 Missing After Migrant Boat Headed to USVI Capsizes Off St. Kitts Coast; Antiguan Officials Say Rogue Charter Brought in Hundreds of Cameroonians Fleeing War

How did approximately 30 African migrants end up on a boat that capsized and sank off the St. Kitts & Nevis coast? The tragedy that unfolded in Caribbean waters earlier this week is just the latest chapter in the odd journey of hundreds of people from various African countries to Antigua & Barbuda.  At least 13 people are still unaccounted for after the Jenna B capsized 12 nautical miles south of Conaree Village on the east coast of St. Kitts at around 3 am Tuesday morning. The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, assisted by cargo boats and cruise ships in the area, mounted a search and were able to rescue 16 people out of the water, two Antiguan nationals and 14 Cameroonians. Three of the 32 on board the boat were dead. Their identities, Kittitian officials say, have thus far not been determined. Lt. Colonel Anthony Comrie, Commander of the St Kitts Nevis Defense Force, said the now-sunken vessel left the French island of Guadeloupe about a week ago and was moored in Antig...