A group of 24 migrants landed on an island in Biscayne National Park on Monday morning, and another smattering of migrants came ashore at Turkey Point, near the Florida Power & Light nuclear plant.

The larger group arrived at Soldier Key, the northernmost island in Biscayne National Park.

The group -- 16 men, six women and two young children -- were in good health. They were ferried to Black Point Marina aboard a Miami-Dade fire boat and a National Parks Service vessel. They smiled and waved to a photographer while being brought in for processing.

Getting them off Soldier Key was a challenge because the waters surrounding the spit of land are exceedingly shallow.

Border Patrol agents were also on their way to the Turkey Point nuclear plant, where another group of migrants landed. It was not clear how many arrived there.

The plant is 24 miles south of Miami, just east of the Homestead area.

Under the United States' ''wet-foot/dry-foot policy,'' Cuban migrants who make it to U.S. soil are generally allowed to remain in the country, while those who are interdicted at sea are generally sent back.