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Afghanistan | of the estimated 4 million refugees in October 2001, 2.3 million have returned
Ashmore and Cartier Islands | the landing of illegal immigrants from Indonesia's Rote Island has become an ongoing problem
Christmas Island | The Australian Bureau of Statistics reports a population of 1508 as of the 2001 Census
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)
Greece | women, men, and children are trafficked to and within Greece for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor
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
Ukraine | the sex trafficking of Ukrainian women is a serious problem that has only recently been addressed
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