The term "balsero" refers to a person who flees Cuba by sea, typically using makeshift rafts or small boats

Miracle at Sea: Five Cubans Rescued from an Upside-Down Raft

A '94 balserito, epileptic and without family, fights to survive on the streets of Miami

Four more deceased young Cuban individuals have been identified following a shipwreck while attempting to leave the country

Cuban mother pleads to know what really happened to her son who disappeared at sea

At least two groups of rafters have arrived in Mexico and are mingling with the local population

Cuban raftist who spent a month at sea shares how three travel companions died

48 migrants deported from the United States arrive in Cuba

An 84-year-old Cuban woman and her daughter are at risk of deportation from the U.S.

A group of Cubans land on a fishing boat in the Florida Keys

Border Patrol detains a group of 15 Cuban migrants after landing in Key West

Emotional farewell to Cubans fleeing by boat: "May God be with you!"

The U.S. Coast Guard returns 19 rafters to Cuba

29 rafters who arrived on Florida's shores with a baby earlier this year have been released

The United States repatriates six Cuban balseros captured near the Florida Keys

A group of 10 Cuban rafters was detained after arriving on the shores of Jamaica

Three Cuban rafters are apprehended after landing near Key West

A group of 28 Cuban migrants is intercepted in Bahamian waters

Man from Florida arrested for attempting to cross the Atlantic in a hamster wheel

Cubans escape the country in a boat from Pinar del Río, under the watchful eye of military personnel

Cuban rafters: 11 adults and two minors arrive at Dry Tortugas National Park

They are calling for the release of a Cuban rafter rescued by a cruise ship who missed his credible fear interview

They are searching for twins who left Cuba on a raft along with a dozen others

Cuban mother seeks help to find her son who is a rafters

Cuban rafts men refuse to be rescued by cruise ship: They only ask for water and food

Coast Guard suspends search for missing Cuban rafter

Relatives in Cuba of the balseros rescued south of Key West are pleading for information

U.S. Coast Guard rescues 28 balseros and searches for one missing person

Cubans in a group of migrants arrived by boat in Palm Beach

Bahamas returns 128 migrants to Cuba

A woman who was nearly murdered by her ex-husband in Cuba is facing deportation from the Naval Base