Castro conceded that those who wanted to leave could do so from Mariel port. In what was known as the Mariel boatlift, hundreds of boats arrived from the US, leading to a mass exodus of 120,000
Castro adavomereza kuti omwe akufuna kuchoka atha kutero kuchokera ku doko la Mariel. M'chimene chimadziwika kuti Mariel boatlift, mabwato mazana ambiri anafika kuchokera ku US, zomwe zinachititsa kuti anthu zikwi mazana khumi ndi awiri achoke.