Group greeted in Florida by cheers of welcome after arriving in makeshift sail boat they said they travelled in for six days, partly without food or water
Twelve Cuban migrants and their dog have washed up on the tourist-lined sands of Miami Beach after sailing across the Florida Straits in a makeshift sailing boat.

The group included 11 men, a woman and a dog, said Miami Beach police spokeswoman Vivian Thayer.

Under the United States’ “wet-foot, dry-foot” policy, Cuban migrants who reach US soil on smuggler vessels without visas are permitted to stay, unlike any other nationality. Those caught at sea, however close to shore, are repatriated unless they need urgent medical attention or can show they would suffer political persecution upon return to Cuba.

Source: www.theguardian.com