Bahamas FM Expresses Sadness After 30 Die in Haitian Sloop Tragedy

"This is a human tragedy. The government is seeking to hold urgent talks with all the surrounding stakeholders and governments within the next few days with a view again to taking additional measures to discourage the smuggling of human beings through Bahamian waters. In the mean time, we again urge people not to take the risky journeys on the high seas which too often lead to the loss of life and the tragedy that occurred in the Exuma Cays. We will seek to take additional measures to seek to prosecute those who are responsible for these illegal journeys," Minister Mitchell said.