Honduras has granted temporary residency permits to a group of 22 Cubans who arrived on Honduras' Caribbean coast last week in a small boat, an official said on Sunday, according to AP. The Cubans, who were at sea for 10 days before landing on the coast of Colon province, will be allowed to stay in Honduras for 30 days, said regional immigration director Francisco Alvarado. «They all said their intention was to reach Miami, where they have relatives and friends,» Alvarado said. The Cubans said they had set out on Jan. 15 from the Cuban port of Manzanillo. A local resident on the coast gave the Cubans shelter for two days, and on Saturday they were taken to the local immigration office. Officials plan to take them to the nearby city of La Cieba, where they will be allowed to stay at government offices or go as they please. In the past two years, more than 600 Cubans have arrived in Honduras, and most are granted temporary 15- or 30-day visas. The majority immediately leave for the U.S.
