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TABLE 1 -- REFUGEE, AMERASIAN, AND ENTRANT ARRIVALS BY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN, FY 1983-2001

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

  FY 1983 -

 

 

 

 

 

  FY 1983 -

ORIGIN

FY 1996

FY 1997

FY 1998

FY 1999

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY 2001

 

AFGHANISTAN

        22,328

                4

              88

            361

         1,712

         2,954

      27,447

ALBANIA

          3,631

                6

                3

              11

                1

                3

        3,655

ANGOLA

             278

                1

 

 

                2

              34

           315

BULGARIA

          1,971

 

 

 

 

 

        1,971

BURMA

             300

            182

            186

            295

           637

            543

        2,143

BURUNDI

               42

              34

              28

            223

            165

            109

           601

CAMBODIA

        71,389

                  9

                7

 

 

              23

      71,428

CUBA  (Refugee)  a/

        35,979

         2,915

         1,587

         2,019

         3,186

         2,942

      48,628

CUBA (Entrant)  b/

        68,615

         5,284

       13,492

       20,728

       17,880

       14,499

    140,498

CONGO

             731

              44

              43

              69

         1,359

            262

        2,508

CZECH REPUBLIC

          7,530

 

                4

 

                1

 

        7,535

ETHIOPIA   c/

        26,583

            213

            188

         1,911

         1,434

         1,541

      31,870

HAITI  (Refugee) d/

          6,531

              80

              40

              91

              49

              23

        6,814

HAITI (Entrant)  e/

        14,080

              42

            590

         1,270

         1,570

         1,451

      19,003

HUNGARY

          5,124

 

 

 

 

 

        5,124

IRAN

        40,032

         1,340

        1,585

         1,737

         5,099

         6,581

      56,374

IRAQ

        22,538

         9,365

         1,620

         1,962

         3,145

         2,473

      41,103

LAOS

      112,456

            915

                9

              19

              64

              22

    113,485

LIBERIA

          2,259

            223

         1,637

         2,493

         2,616

         3,414

      12,642

LIBYA

             357

 

 

 

 

                5

           362

NICARAGUA

          1,535

 

                1

 

 

 

        1,536

NIGERIA

               85

              10

            321

            625

              50

              81

        1,172

POLAND

        28,788

                6

                2

                2

                1

                4

      28,803

ROMANIA

        34,652

                2

                2

                2

                4

 

      34,662

RWANDA

             255

              97

              85

            153

            347

              94

        1,031

SIERRA LEONE

               75

              57

            183

            678

         1,129

         1,999

        4,121

SOMALIA

        16,884

           4,948

         2,952

         4,321

         6,022

         4,940

      40,067

SUDAN

          4,024

            281

         1,287

         2,389

         3,831

         5,951

      17,763

TOGO

               47

              31

              13

              93

            510

            276

           970

UGANDA

             330

              10

                2

              12

              18

              12

           384

USSR (former)

      371,787

       26,748

       23,257

       16,913

       14,576

       14,869

    468,150

VIETNAM

      350,663

        6,611

       10,266

         9,622

         2,839

         2,730

    382,731

VIETNAM (Amerasians)

        72,673

            833

            375

            241

            979

            378

      75,479

YUGOSLAVIA  g/

        31,256

       21,374

       30,823

       38,620

       22,548

       15,773

    160,394

Other/Unk.   h/

          2,070

            126

            156

            211

            301

            467

        3,331

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table Total

   1,357,826

       81,782

       90,832

     107,012

       91,970

       84,338

1,813,760

 

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 Eritrea

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

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

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

g/  Includes refugees from the former republics of Yugoslavia.

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