Country
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People - note
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Afghanistan
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large numbers of Afghan refugees create burdens on neighboring states
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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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the landing of illegal immigrants from Indonesia's Rote Island has become an ongoing problem
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Cuba
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illicit migration is a continuing problem; Cubans attempt to depart the island and enter the US using homemade rafts, alien smugglers, direct flights, or falsified visas; some 3,000 Cubans took to the Straits of Florida in 2001; the US Coast Guard interdicted about 25% of these migrants; Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US; some 2,400 Cubans arrived overland via the southwest border and direct flights to Miami in 2000
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Ghana
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there are 9,500 Liberians, 2,000 Sierra Leoneans, and 1,000 Togolese refugees residing in Ghana (2002)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, and US
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United States
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note: data for the US are based on projections that do not take into consideration the results of the 2000 census
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This page was last updated on 19 March 2003
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