Raft people

Drifting raft found near the Florida Keys

They built a raft and set out to sea: The story of young Cubans heading to the U.S.

Tourists paddled through a storm and believed they were Cuban rafters: Mexico's police clarifies everything

Bahamas returns 20 Cuban migrants: Here's what we know about the repatriation

Migration crisis: Six Cuban rafters detained after landing in Jamaica

A precarious vessel appears floating off Miami Beach, igniting rumors of the arrival of Cuban rafters

A commercial vessel rescues five rafters, and the U.S. Coast Guard returns them to Cuba

Carnival Paradise assists five rafters near Cuba: Others refused to be rescued

The U.S. deploys a warship in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Cuban regime reacts

Chinese migrant attempts to reach the U.S. on two paddleboards

The U.S. warns migrants: "They will be returned to their country of origin or the last one they departed from."

U.S. Coast Guard rescues 37 stranded Cuban migrants in the Bahamas Islands

Gerardo Hernández on Cuban prisoners he met in the U.S.: "None of them left due to political issues."

Ten Cuban rafters arrive on the shores of Florida and now face deportation

Miracle at sea: Five Cubans rescued from an overturned raft

U.S. Coast Guard rescues seven Cuban rafters stranded on a key in the Bahamas

Niquero shocked by the death of four Cuban rafters in the Florida Strait

Four more Cuban young adults have been identified as having died in a shipwreck while trying 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 arrive in Mexico and mingle with the local population

Cuban mother searches for her son who disappeared after leaving on a raft to the U.S. in 2023

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

The U.S. returns 22 Cuban rafters detained near the Florida Keys

He advises newly arrived Cubans in the U.S. to be honest: "Leave the burden of communism behind."

At least 142 Cuban rafters have died attempting to reach the U.S. during 2024

U.S. Coast Guard sends 13 Cuban rafters to the Bahamas

Speaks from detention center, daughter of an 84-year-old Cuban woman who arrived in the U.S. by sea

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

84-year-old woman escapes from Cuba by boat: "There's nothing there."

Five Cuban rafters rescued after seven days adrift in the Florida Strait

A group of Cubans lands on a fishing boat in Florida Key

Cuban rafters' abandoned vessel found on the coast of Mexico

31 Cuban rafters detained on the coasts of Mexico

Two survivors and a corpse found after the sinking of a boat with 11 people fleeing Cuba

Twenty Cuban migrants spotted near the coasts of Mexico have been detained

A group of around twenty Cuban migrants was spotted navigating through Mexican waters

Group of 12 rafters intercepted and repatriated to Cuba

Two Cuban rafters rescued on a board with barrels near Mexico

A tip-off prevents an illegal exit from Cuba and leaves several detained in Camajuaní

Alexander remembers the Cubans who died at sea: "I feel a great respect."

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

Cuban woman arrested in Miami accused of the death of 16 rafters

Cuban Christians document dangerous raft journey to Mexico: "600 kilometers by sail"

A Cuban among the 32 rafters rescued at sea by the Colombian Navy

Cuban family reports theft of boat by recently arrived rafters in the U.S.

Border Patrol detains 11 Cubans after landing in Florida

A young Cuban reported missing needs immediate rescue at sea

The United States returns 18 rafts intercepted in three operations in the Florida Strait

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

Seven Cuban rafters are missing after continuing their journey in the Cayman Islands on May 8

Cuban shows dramatic images of his raft journey: “I thought I wouldn’t make it.”

U.S. Coast Guard repatriates 26 rafters to Cuba

Seven balseros arrive at the shores of the Cayman Islands, but they decide to continue their journey

Mexico grants residency to four Cuban rafters rescued at sea

MINREX speaks out about Cuban rafters rescued on the coasts of Mexico

The four Cuban rafters rescued in Mexico are making a satisfactory recovery

Four Cuban rafters rescued in Mexico after 34 days at sea; four others have died

28 Cuban rafters rescued by a cruise ship in the Gulf are being processed in Mexico

Relatives of rafters who arrived in the U.S. are requesting that they not be returned to Cuba

Cuban rafters land on uninhabited island in the Florida Keys