Would-be Cuban emigres in a homemade boa

Would-be Cuban emigres in a homemade boat are ordered by Cuban coast guards to return to the coast after their attempt to escape from the island was thwarted by the sea currents, on June 4, 2009 in Havana. The boat-people's raft was brought back to the coast just in front of the US Interest Section office in Havana as they tried to cross the shark-infested Florida Straits. The United States, in another move aimed at thawing relations with Cuba, has offered to resume migration talks with the communist-ruled island almost six years after they were suspended. AFP PHOTO/ADALBERTO ROQUE (Photo credit should read ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP via Getty Images)