Smuggler's Cove indeed

When I think of Norman Island only one thing comes to mind: Willy T's. It's sad but true.

Yes, I've snorkeled in the Caves and Indians but all the evenings and afternoons I've spent at Willy T's are emblazoned in my mind.

So it was with quite a bit of interest that I read this article in Yahoo! news which says that 49 hungry and thirsty migrants hid out for days amid a tangle of trees and brush on Norman Island.

Apparently the human smuggling is not limited to one place. All the islands of the BVI "are increasingly attractive to Caribbean smugglers carrying illegal migrants to the nearby U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico," reads the article.

"The new route swings deep into the eastern Caribbean and runs northwest along the Leeward Island chain before heading to the British Virgin Islands. The migrants, mostly from Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, generally fly to the island of Dominica, then hook up with smugglers who take them on chartered sailboats to U.S. territory under cover of darkness."