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Afghanistan: 11.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Albania: -3.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Algeria: -0.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
American Samoa: 3.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Andorra: 6.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Angola: -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Anguilla: 17.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: -6.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Argentina: 0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Armenia: -3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Aruba: NEGL
Australia: 4.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Austria: 2.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan: -5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The: -2.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bahrain: 1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bangladesh: -0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Barbados: -0.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Belarus: 2.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Belgium: 0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Belize: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Benin: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bermuda: 2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bhutan: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bolivia: -1.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 8.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Botswana: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Brazil: -0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands: 11.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Brunei: 4.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Bulgaria: -4.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso: -0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Burma: -1.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Burundi: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cambodia: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cameroon: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Canada: 6.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cape Verde: -12.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands: 12.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  major destination for Cubans trying to migrate to the US
Central African Republic: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Chad: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Chile: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
China: -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Christmas Island: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Colombia: -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Comoros: NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  one million refugees fled into Zaire (now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DROC) in 1994 to escape the fighting between the Hutus and the Tutsis; fighting in the DROC between rebels and government forces in October 1996 caused 875,000 refugees to return to Rwanda in late 1996 and early 1997; an additional 173,000 Rwandan refugees disappeared in early 1997 and are assumed to have been killed by Zairian forces; fighting between the Congolese government and Uganda- and Rwanda-backed Congolese rebels spawned a regional war in DROC in August 1998, which left 1.8 million Congolese displaced in DROC and caused 300,000 Congolese refugees to flee to surrounding countries
Congo, Republic of the: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Costa Rica: 0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: 1.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  after Liberia's civil war started in 1990, more than 350,000 refugees fled to Cote d'Ivoire; by the end of 1999 most Liberian refugees were assumed to have returned
Croatia: 13.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cuba: -1.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Cyprus: 0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Czech Republic: 0.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Denmark: 1.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Djibouti: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Dominica: -20.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic: -3.81 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Ecuador: -0.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Egypt: -0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
El Salvador: -3.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Eritrea: 7.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  according to the UNHCR, about 150,000 Eritrean refugees in Sudan have registered for voluntary repatriation, following the restoration of diplomatic relations between Eritrea and Sudan in January 2000
Estonia: -0.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Ethiopia: 0.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  repatriation of Ethiopians who fled to Sudan for refuge from war and famine in earlier years is expected to continue for several years; small numbers of Sudanese and Somali refugees, who fled to Ethiopia from the fighting or famine in their own countries, continue to return to their homes
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Faroe Islands: 2.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Fiji: -3.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Finland: 0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
France: 0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
French Guiana: 10.14 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
French Polynesia: 3.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Gabon: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Gambia, The: 2.59 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip: 1.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Georgia: -2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Germany: 4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Ghana: -0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Gibraltar: NEGL migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Greece: 1.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Greenland: -8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Grenada: -15.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe: -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Guam: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Guatemala: -1.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Guernsey: 3.89 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Guinea: -2.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  as a result of civil war in neighboring countries, Guinea is host to almost half a million Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees
Guinea-Bissau: -1.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Guyana: -8.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Haiti: -2.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Honduras: -2.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Hong Kong: 7.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Hungary: 0.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Iceland: -2.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
India: -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Indonesia: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Iran: -4.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Iraq: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Ireland: 4.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Israel: 2.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Italy: 1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Jamaica: -7.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Japan: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Jersey: 2.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Jordan: 7.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan: -6.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Kenya: -1.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  according to UNHCR, by the end of 1999 Kenya was host to 223,700 refugees from neighboring countries, including: Somalia 141,000 and Sudan 64,250
Kiribati: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Korea, North: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Korea, South: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Kuwait: 14.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: -2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Laos: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Latvia: -1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Lebanon: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Lesotho: -0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Liberia: -11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  by the end of 1999, all Liberian refugees, who had fled the domestic strife, were assumed to have returned
Libya: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein: 4.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Lithuania: 0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Luxembourg: 9.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Macau: 9.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: -1.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Madagascar: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Malawi: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Malaysia: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  does not reflect net flow of an unknown number of illegal immigrants from other countries in the region
Maldives: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mali: -0.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Malta: 2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Man, Isle of: 5.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Martinique: -0.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mauritania: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mauritius: -0.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mayotte: 10.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mexico: -2.77 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Moldova: -0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Monaco: 7.85 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mongolia: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Montserrat: 123.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Morocco: -1.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Mozambique: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Namibia: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Nauru: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Nepal: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Netherlands: 2.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: -0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
New Caledonia: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
New Zealand: 4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Nicaragua: -1.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Niger: -0.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Nigeria: 0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Niue: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Norfolk Island: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Northern Mariana Islands: 18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Norway: 2.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Oman: 0.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Pakistan: -0.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Palau: 4.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Panama: -1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Paraguay: -0.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Peru: -1.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Philippines: -1.01 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Poland: -0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Portugal: 0.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico: -2.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Qatar: 20.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Reunion: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Romania: -0.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Russia: 0.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Rwanda: -1.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Saint Helena: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: -10.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia: -4.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: -4.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: -7.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Samoa: -11.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
San Marino: 11.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: -3.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia: 1.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Senegal: 0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Seychelles: -6.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sierra Leone: 10.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  by the end of 1999 refugees from Sierra Leone are assumed to be returning
Singapore: 26.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Slovakia: 0.53 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Slovenia: 2.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Solomon Islands: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Somalia: 5.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
South Africa: -1.73 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Spain: 0.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sri Lanka: -1.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sudan: 0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Suriname: -8.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Svalbard: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Swaziland: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sweden: 0.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Switzerland: 1.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Syria: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Tajikistan: -3.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Tanzania: -0.64 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Thailand: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Togo: 0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Tokelau: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
Tonga: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: -9.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Tunisia: -0.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Turkey: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan: -1.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 13.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Tuvalu: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Uganda: -0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  according to the UNHCR, by the end of 1999, Uganda was host to 218,000 refugees from a number of neighboring countries, including: Sudan 200,600, Rwanda 8,000, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,000
Ukraine: -0.63 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates: 1.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
United Kingdom: 1.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
United States: 3.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Uruguay: -0.51 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Uzbekistan: -2.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Vanuatu: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Venezuela: -0.15 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Vietnam: -0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Virgin Islands: 0.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population
West Bank: 3.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Yemen: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia: -4.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Zambia: -0.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

note:  there is a small but steady flow of Zimbabweans into South Africa in search of better paid employment
Taiwan: -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)