KEY WEST, FLA. (WSVN) - Over a dozen Cuban migrants have been arrested after making landfall in the Florida Keys on Sunday.

U.S. Border Patrol said the migrants made landfall aboard a homemade vessel that they used to make the dangerous 90-mile stretch between Cuba and Key West.

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Officials urge people to avoid maritime migration and apply through safe and legal pathways.

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