Six would-be illegal immigrants were plucked from the water by a Royal Caribbean Cruises vessel after a two-week ordeal at sea.
Elation at the rescue by the 2,390-berth Monarch of the Seas is likely to be short lived, however, as the drifters face possible deportation.
A passenger onboard the 1991-built vessel spotted the raft on Sunday during a voyage from the Bahamas to Port Canaveral, Florida.
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