By SANCHESKA BROWN

Tribune Staff Reporter

sbrown@tribunemedia.net

TEN Haitian nationals were apprehended by Royal Bahamas Defence Force officials early on Thursday morning in waters near Inagua.

The undocumented migrants were reportedly found aboard a 40-foot American registered sailing vessel anchored off Inagua.

The migrants taken ashore and handed over to Bahamas Immigration officials in Inagua. They were flown to Nassau where they will be detained at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.

This apprehension comes after 170 Haitian migrants were apprehended in waters off of Bimni on Wednesday night.

Defence Force officials said 32 children, including six- and seven-month old babies, were among these apprehended.

According to reports, around 11pm officers received word that a 50-foot blue and white Haitian sloop was moored at Bailey Town. The migrants were held in a gymnasium in Bimni until they were transported to New Providence by the HMBS Durward Knowles..

In addition, 10 migrants were interdicted after they landed in Inagua on Wednesday.