The rescue comes just days after authorities in the Bahamas recovered the bodies of 17 migrants and rescued 25 more after their boat capsized early Sunday. In this case, the boat carrying the migrants fled the scene, Castrodad said. Some capsize in the treacherous Mona Passage that separates the two islands while other boats drop off migrants in tiny uninhabited islands before reaching Puerto Rico. Most human smuggling boats that carry Haitian migrants to Puerto Rico depart from the neighboring Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Customs and Border Protection, said all migrants aboard the boat were Haitians. He said 41 men, 25 women and two children survived, adding that none had any urgent medical issues.
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