At least 142 Cubans have died escaping communist Cuba on rafts and rickety boats so far this year, according to the Missing Migrants Program of the International Organization for Migration. Of all the sea journeys to freedom taken by refugees, the trip across the Florida Straits taken by Cubans has proven to be the most deadly.
The dangerous maritime journey from Cuba to the United States has claimed the lives of at least 142 rafters so far in 2024, according to a report from the Missing Migrants Program of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
These tragic figures, cited by EFE, are part of a broader picture that records a total of 291 migrants dead or missing on maritime routes in the Caribbean during the year, representing an 18% increase compared to the 247 cases reported throughout 2023.
The crossing through the Florida Straits to Miami is the deadliest of all, with the highest number of recorded victims, followed by the route from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, which has left 91 dead.
The ongoing economic crisis on the island the never-ending oppression and brutality of the Castro dictatorship continues to force Cubans to choose throwing themselves into the shark-infested waters of the Florida Straits instead of living one more day under socialism.
Needless to say, these lives do not matter and never did. Thus, this is a non-story for the usual suspects.