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TABLE 1 -- Arrivals by Country of Origin, FY 1983-2000

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

  FY 1983 -

 

 

 

 

 

  FY 1983 -

ORIGIN

FY 1995

FY 1996

FY 1997

FY 1998

FY 1999

FY 2000

FY 2000

 

AFGHANISTAN

          22,317

              11

                4

              88

            361

         1,712

         24,493

ALBANIA

            3,605

              26

                6

                3

              11

                1

           3,652

BULGARIA

            1,970

                1

 

 

 

 

           1,971

BURMA

               291

                9

            182

            186

            295

            637

           1,600

BURUNDI

                 23

              19

              34

              28

            223

            165

              492

CAMBODIA

          71,384

                5

                9

                7

 

 

         71,405

CUBA  (Refugee) a/

          32,462

         3,517

         2,915

         1,587

         2,019

         3,186

         45,686

CUBA (Entrant)  b/

          51,630

       16,985

         5,284

       13,492

       20,728

       17,871

       125,990

CONGO

               689

              42

              44

              43

              42

         1,348

           2,208

CZECH REPUBLIC

            7,530

 

 

                4

 

                1

           7,535

ETHIOPIA

          26,392

            191

            213

            188

         1,911

         1,434

         30,329

HAITI  (Refugee) c/

            6,469

              62

              80

              40

              91

              49

           6,791

HAITI (Entrant)  d/

          13,734

            346

              42

            590

         1,270

         1,570

         17,552

HUNGARY

            5,124

 

 

 

 

 

           5,124

IRAN

          38,783

         1,249

         1,340

         1,585

         1,737

         5,099

         49,793

IRAQ

          19,847

         2,691

         9,365

         1,620

         1,962

         3,145

         38,630

LAOS

        110,253

         2,203

            915

                9

              19

              64

       113,463

LIBERIA

            2,217

              42

            223

         1,637

         2,493

         2,616

           9,228

LIBYA

               357

 

 

 

 

 

              357

NICARAGUA

            1,510

              25

 

                1

 

 

           1,536

NIGERIA

                  -  

              85

              10

            321

            625

              50

           1,091

POLAND

          28,779

                9

                6

                2

                2

                1

         28,799

ROMANIA

          34,640

              12

                2

                2

                2

                4

         34,662

RWANDA

               126

            129

              97

              85

            153

            347

              937

SIERRA LEONE

                 51

              24

              57

            183

            678

         1,129

           2,122

SOMALIA

          10,444

         6,440

         4,948

         2,952

         4,321

         6,022

         35,127

SUDAN

            3,441

            583

            281

         1,287

         2,389

         3,831

         11,812

TOGO

                 33

              14

              31

              13

              93

            510

              694

UGANDA

               315

              15

              10

                2

              12

              18

              372

USSR (former)

        342,517

       29,270

       26,748

       23,257

       16,913

       14,576

       453,281

VIETNAM

        334,547

       16,116

         6,611

       10,266

         9,622

         2,839

       380,001

VIETNAM (Amerasia)

          71,767

            906

            833

  375

            241

            979

         75,101

YUGOSLAVIA (former)

          19,236

       12,020

       21,374

       30,823

       38,620

       22,548

       144,621

OTHER/UNKNOWN  g/

            2,257

              39

            118

            156

            179

            208

           2,958

  

Table Total

     1,264,740

       93,086

       81,782

       90,832

     107,012

       91,960

    1,729,413

  

a/ Includes Cubans with humanitarian parolee status prior to FY 1992.

b/ Includes Cubans with humanitarian parolee since 1992 or Havana parolee status since 1995.

c/ Includes Haitians with humanitarian parolee status prior to FY 1992.

d/ Includes Haitians with entrant status or with humanitarian parolee status since FY 1992.

e/  Includes refugees from the former republics of the Soviet Union.

f/  Includes refugees from the former republics of Yugoslavia.

g/  Includes countries with fewer than 300 arrivals as well as cases with an unknown country of origin.