It was called the Freedom Flotilla. It's also known to history as the Mariel Boatlift. Twenty five years ago, few in western Wisconsin paid much attention when 10,000 Cubans sought sanctuary in the ...

Several dozen Cubans who fled their homeland on a stolen government freighter were reunited with family members in Miami on Sunday. Their journey began about 1 a.m. Saturday when several families from ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 20 (UNHCR) - Marie Rose has not wasted her time. The 34-year-old slightly built Burundian has a scroll full of diplomas which she shows with a shy but proud smile. They certify she ...

I peered through the tiny window and bounced in my seat, a cluelessly excited 5-year-old about to take off on her first flight. My grandmother sat next to me, one hand trying to keep me still, the ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 15 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has taken part in a landmark series of Cuban TV programmes that looked at the pressing global issue of migration, including the presence of ...

MIAMI — For decades, its powerful lighthouse illuminated Miami’s Biscayne Bay, and during the height of the Cold War, what was known as the Freedom Tower stood as a beacon of hope for hundreds of ...

An international drama occurred 45 years ago when almost 125,000 Cubans left their island nation for the United States. About 25,000 of those Cuban refugees--known as Marielitos because they departed ...

On Dec. 22, 2015, Perez and 19 others departed from the coast of Manzanillo, Cuba on a small boat that took them about three months to build. The group's plan was to arrive in Central America, travel ...

MIAMI (AP) — For decades, its powerful lighthouse illuminated Miami’s Biscayne Bay, and during the height of the Cold War, what was known as the Freedom Tower stood as a beacon of hope for hundreds of ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPLC) - A Lafayette grandfather who was arrested by ICE agents after living in the U.S. for 45 years has returned home, KADN reports. Jose Francisco Garcia-Rodriguez, 73, was released ...