Balseros
Balseros ('rafters', from Spanish balsa 'raft') were boat people who emigrated without formal documentation in self constructed or precarious vessels from Cuba to neighboring states including The Bahamas, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and, most commonly, the United States since the 1994 Balsero crisis and during the wet feet, dry feet policy. == History == === 1994 Cuban rafter crisis === The August 1994 Cuban rafter crisis was the fourth wave of Cuban immigration following Castro's rise to power.