| Afghanistan |
large numbers of Afghan refugees create burdens on neighboring states |
| Ashmore and Cartier Islands |
the landing of illegal immigrants from Indonesia's Rote Island has become an ongoing problem |
| Cuba |
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 2,500 Cubans took to the Straits of Florida in 2002; the US Coast Guard interdicted about 60% of these migrants; Cubans also use non-maritime routes to enter the US; some 1,500 Cubans arrived overland via the southwest border and direct flights to Miami in 2002 |
| Ghana |
there are 9,500 Liberians, 2,000 Sierra Leoneans, and 1,000 Togolese refugees residing in Ghana (2002) |
| Rwanda |
Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
destination and transit point for illegal Haitian immigrants bound for the Turks and Caicos Islands, Bahamas, and US |
| United States |
data for the US are based on projections that do not take into consideration the results of the 2000 census |