From our Bureau of Successful Escapes From Socialist Utopias with some assistance from our Bureau of Successful Evasions in the Florida Straits
Some Cuban rafters have just beaten the odds by landing undetected in Florida. Back in Cuba, a relative of one of the migrants claims that he received word that all 28 passengers of the rustic vessel had landed in Florida, but no one in the U.S. has confirmed this, much less revealed their whereabouts.
So, officially, these 28 are still missing. They’ve been lucky thus far, if it is indeed true that they reached land safely. But what lies ahead for them can best be described as an obstacle course. Without proper identification, life in the U.S. will be difficult and perhaps very expensive. Buying false documents is possible, yes, but costly and potentially troublesome.
But that kind of trouble can be lived with. It’s nothing compared to what has been left behind. Nothing is more troublesome than living in Castrogonia, as any Cuban who isn’t an oligarch will tell you.
Take a look at the photo gallery above. The “rustic” vessels used to flee from that hellhole are vivid proof of the desperation that drives Cubans to risk their lives in them.
Abridged and loosely translated from Periódico de Cuba
A group of Cuban rafters, including several children, has been missing since December 12 after they left the island from Cojímar, Havana province.
The boat left for the United States with 21 adults and seven children on board, according to what Samantha Durán López, sister of one of the missing persons, identified as William Jorge Durán López, 35, told Cubans around the World.
The woman told the independent media that the boat used for the trip made landfall, but it is unknown at what point. Not one of those in this boat was among the 162 migrants repatriated by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) this Friday.
Since the beginning of the current fiscal year 2023, last October, a total of 3,450 people from Cuba have ended up in the custody of the US Coast Guard.