69 Chinese Immigrants Arrested in Nicaragua
We have heard about Cuban or Haitian immigrants trying to enter the United States through the sea, traveling in dangerous conditions on dilapidated boats.
This news is also about immigrants trying to enter the US, this time they are Chinese and they were arrested far away from US coast, in Nicaragua.
According to Reuters, the Nicaraguan authorities have arrested 69 Chinese immigrants, who were traveling in a boat, trying to enter the US illegally.15 of them were women. They also arrested 14 Ecuadorians in another boat.
When their boats were in Nicaraguan waters, they collided with another vessel. This incident resulted in death of three Chinese and one Ecuadorian and Nicaraguan. Three are reported to be missing.
Nicaragua is trying to send the Chinese back but the process is stalled because China and Nicaragua do not have formal diplomatic relations.
Reference: Chinese Immigrants Arrested in Nicaragua
June 2nd, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Wow — this is crazy! You don’t offer hear of Cinese people trying to immigrat into the U.S. It’s too bad it resulted in a crash with several deaths, but I wonder what the underlying reason for this was in the first place. Hmm, makes you wonder!