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Police: Cubans land at southernmost landmark in Key West

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Tourists gather Wednesday, July 13, 2016, for photographs at the Southernmost Point marker in Key West, Florida, as crews respond to a dive boat that contained a group of Cuban migrants. The group of three men and three women were taken into custody on Duval Street shortly thereafter and will be processed at the Krome Detention Center in Miami. The federal \'Wet Foot/Dry Foot\' policy allows most Cubans to stay in the United States if they reach dry land before being caught. (Rob O\'Neal/The Key West Citizen via AP)

KEY WEST, Fla. – Police in Key West say Cuban migrants landed early Wednesday at a tourist attraction marking the southernmost point in the continental United States.

Officer Matthew Hansell reported that three men and three women tied their fishing boat to the red, black and yellow buoy where streams of people pose for pictures daily.

He said none required medical attention after coming ashore. Immigration authorities were notified, but under the federal “wet foot, dry foot” policy, Cubans who reach U.S. soil are generally allowed to remain in this country. Those intercepted at sea usually go back.

Groups of migrants from the Caribbean regularly come ashore in Florida. One Tuesday, two dozen Cubans landed on an island in Miami-Dade County.

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