| Porthole 18 Oct 22

MOST people would do anything to score a free cruise, but not everybody!

A small boat (pictured) denied assistance from Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Horizon last week.

The boat was carrying about 10 passengers through the Straits of Florida, it has been claimed, and as bound by maritime law, Horizon offered to help her.

Some online have presumed the boat, sailing northwest of Cuba, was carrying refugees trying to make their way to the United States.

In many cases, refugee boats will want to reach the United States themselves, so as to avoid the Coastguard, which would likely send them back to their home country.