The U.S. Coast Guard issued an appeal to mariners and recreational boaters after crews encountered a Chinese migrant on a paddleboard some 25 miles off the coast of the Bahamas

The U.S. Coast Guard found a Chinese migrant floating on a paddleboard off the Bahamas, officials said. The man was spotted about 25 miles off Freeport by the Cutter Seahorse, off

The sailboat was traveling between Cuba and Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas, about 50 miles southeast of the Middle Keys city of Marathon, when it was spotted Feb. 4 by a Coast Guard airplane crew and a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations crew, according to a Coast Guard statement.

The US Coast Guard cut off an “overloaded” boat packed with 132 Haitian migrants about 50 miles off the Florida coastline — and shipped them back home on Monday, officials said. The Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba intercepted the 30-foot sailboat last week between Cuba and Cay Sal Bank and off the shore of Marathon,

Scores of people were taken to Haiti earlier this week after a Coast Guard cutter intercepted them off the Florida Keys.

Over 100 migrants were sent back to Hatiti after the Coast Guard said crews caught them trying to enter the country illegally on a boat about 50 miles from Florida.