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40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti

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A fishing boat spots to catch Japanese sand lance under luring fish fire in the waters off Suttu town, Hokkaido on May 13, 2019. [AFP]

At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN agency said Friday.

The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that the Haitian Coast Guard rescued 41 survivors, 11 of whom were hospitalized, including some for burns.

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