Raft people

U.S. Coast Guard rescues eight people in Caribbean waters

Eight Cuban rafters reported missing after departing from Pinar del Río heading to Mexico

Cuban Border Guards and Their History of Using Force Against Boats at Sea

"Never to be forgotten": U.S. demands justice for the pilots of Brothers to the Rescue

Trump recognizes the bravery of Cuban rafters: “They passed through shark-infested waters.”

"I Did It for Him": The Story of a Cuban Woman Who Launched into the Sea 17 Times with Her Son to Reach the U.S.

Update on the group of Cuban rafters who had set out for Jamaica

United States repatriates six Cuban rafters: What is known?

Drifting raft found near the Florida Keys

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

Tourists were rowing in a storm and believed they were Cuban rafters: Mexican police clarify everything

Bahamas returns 20 Cuban migrants: This is what we know about the repatriation

Migration crisis: Six Cuban rafters detained after landing in Jamaica

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

Commercial vessel rescues five balseros, and the U.S. Coast Guard returns them to Cuba

Carnival Paradise assists five raft migrants near Cuba: Others refused rescue

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 the rafters: "They will be returned to their country of origin or to the last one they departed from."

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

Gerardo Hernández on Cuban prisoners he met in the U.S.: "None of them left because of political problems."

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 stranded Cuban balseros on a cay in the Bahamas

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

Four more young Cuban individuals who died in a shipwreck while trying to leave the country have been identified

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

At least two groups of balseros 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 rafters who spent a month at sea recounts how three travel companions died

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

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

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

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

84-year-old woman escapes from Cuba in a boat: "There is nothing there."

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

A group of Cubans disembarks from a fishing boat in the Florida Keys

Cuban rafters' boat found abandoned on the coast of Mexico

31 Cuban rafters detained on the coasts of Mexico

Two survivors and a body found after a boat carrying 11 people fleeing Cuba capsized

Twenty Cuban rafters seen near the coasts of Mexico are detained

A group of about twenty Cuban rafters was detected 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 people detained in Camajuaní

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

Border Patrol apprehends 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 journey on a raft 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 newly arrived raftsmen in the U.S.

Border Patrol detains 11 Cubans after landing in Florida

Cuban young woman reported missing needs immediate rescue at sea

The United States returns 18 balseros detained in three interceptions in the Florida Straits

Emotive farewell to Cubans escaping by boat: "May God be with you!"

Seven Cuban balseros are missing after continuing their journey to the Cayman Islands on May 8

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

U.S. Coast Guard returns 26 rafters to Cuba