‘It’s Russian roulette’: migrants describe nightmarish route across Florida Straits

Despite the dangers, migrants use the islands as a springboard into the US - sometimes with devastating consequences

Those who survive the perilous sea crossing between the Bahamas and the US describe a nightmarish odyssey of vomit, sweat and fear.

It's suicide - Russian roulette," one Brazilian migrant recalled in a 2017 interview after at least a dozen fellow countrymen vanished while attempting the same illegal voyage across the Florida Straits.