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Cuban boat people mainly refers to refugees who flee Cuba by boat and ship to the United States. [1] [2] There have been four distinct waves of immigration, both legal and illegal, from Cuba to the United States. These four waves include early boat arrivals, the marielitos, the balseros, and the post “Wet foot, dry foot” arrivals. These ...
On April 21, the first boat from the harbor docked in Key West and held 48 refugees. By April 25 as many as 300 boats were picking up refugees in Mariel Harbor. Cuban officials also packed refugees into Cuban fishing vessels. [30] Around 1,700 boats brought thousands of Cubans from Mariel to Florida between the months of April and October in ...
On these boats, people from Cuba and Haiti make a perilous journey across the water, under a merciless sun and through the dangers of the dark. With freedom in sight, some jump into the water ...
New video captured the moment a Carnival cruise ship came to the aid of a group of migrants aboard a rustic vessel out at sea.
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It has been described as the largest mass emigration in Cuba's history. It is estimated that nearly 850,000 Cubans sought refuge into the United States between 2021-2024, depleting Cuba's population by nearly 8%. It is estimated that 50% of the new Cuban arrivals between 2021-2024 (425,000), have settled in Miami-Dade County. [1] [2]
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The motor died early in Arlen Núñez’s voyage by sea from Cuba to the Florida Keys, leaving him and nearly two dozen other migrants to rely on wind and their own paddling to get to the shores ...