UNHCR says 21 Venezuelans missing after boat sinks in Caribbean

GENEVA (Reuters) – At least 21 Venezuelans were missing after their boat sank on the way to the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday, citing information from that country’s coast guard.
The boat, the “Jhonnaly Jose”, was carrying at least 25 people from the Venezuelan coastal town of Guiria when it capsized in the early hours of Wednesday, UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch told a regular U.N. briefing in Geneva.
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Source: reuters.com

Venezuela coast and Trinidad & Tobago.
Venezuela coast and Trinidad & Tobago.

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