美国海岸警卫队周一表示，一艘估计载有60人的临时拼装小船在波多黎各附近外海倾覆，至少40人获救。两人被发现死亡；截至周一晚间，救援行动仍在继续。
At least 40 people were rescued in open waters near Puerto Rico after a makeshift boat carrying an estimated 60 people capsized, the US Coast Guard said on Monday. Two people were found dead, and rescue efforts were still under way on Monday evening.
该船在莫纳岛附近数英里处倾覆。莫纳岛是波多黎各以西一座无人居住的小岛。幸存者告诉当局，船上约有60人，许多人在被发现前已在水中待了12个多小时。
The boat overturned several miles from Mona Island, a small uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico. Survivors told authorities there were about 60 people on board, with many spending more than 12 hours in the water before they were spotted.A passing boat near Mona Island saw the survivors around noon on Monday and alerted authorities, helping rescue four people at that time.
周一中午左右，一艘途经莫纳岛附近的船只发现幸存者并向当局报警，协助救起了4人。美国海岸警卫队称，该船于周日晚些时候倾覆；此前船上发生冲突，有人被砍刀严重砍伤。海岸警卫队说，随后这些人没有穿救生衣便跳入水中。
The Coast Guard said the vessel capsized late on Sunday after a fight broke out in which people were severely injured with a machete. It said the group then jumped into the water without life jackets.
当时尚不清楚这些人的来历。美国海岸警卫队一名女发言人表示，她没有掌握相关情况。长期以来，为逃离贫困和暴力而迁徙的移民，会从海地和多米尼加共同拥有的伊斯帕尼奥拉岛出发，途经危险的莫纳海峡，前往波多黎各及其他岛屿。许多人乘坐临时拼装的小船赶路，这些船有时会在汹涌的海面上倾覆。
It was not immediately clear where the people were from. A US Coast Guard spokesperson said she did not have that information. Migrants fleeing poverty and violence have long travelled from Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, to Puerto Rico and other islands through the dangerous Mona Passage. Many make the journey on makeshift boats that sometimes capsize in rough waters.
这是该地区最近一次造成死亡的海上航行事件。2022年6月，一艘严重超载的小船在这个美国领地的西北部海域倾覆，11名海地女孩和女子在波多黎各安葬。上周，特克斯和凯科斯群岛警方扣留了一艘搭载60名海地移民的临时拼装小船；今年6月，另有240名来自海地的移民在该群岛附近被拘留。
Monday's incident is the latest deadly voyage in the region. In June 2022, 11 Haitian girls and women were buried in Puerto Rico after the heavily overloaded boat they were travelling in capsized in waters northwest of the US territory. Last week, police in the Turks and Caicos Islands detained a makeshift boat carrying 60 Haitian migrants, while in June another 240 migrants from Haiti were detained near the archipelago.
据联合国统计，帮派暴力已迫使海地全境创纪录的150万人流离失所；1月至6月间，报告显示超过3050人死亡。据估计，武装人员控制着太子港约70%的区域，以及海地中部广大地区和其他一些地区。
Gang violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people across Haiti, where more than 3,050 people were reported killed from January to June, according to UN statistics. Armed men control an estimated 70 per cent of Port-au-Prince and large parts of Haiti's central region and beyond.
波多黎各附近的这次救援再次凸显了移民在试图横渡海域时所面临的危险。（综合印度报业托拉斯消息——完）
The rescue near Puerto Rico once again underlined the dangers faced by migrants attempting the sea crossing. With PTI Inputs- Ends