Florida's Refugee Population Statistical Report

October 1st, 2003 – September 30th, 2004

Federal Fiscal Year 2004

Courtesy of the US

Prepared By:

Florida Department of Children & Families Refugee Services State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004

Immigration Status

Status Clients Served * Percent

Asylee 2,949 21.21% Entrant 554 3.99% Parolee 9,827 70.69% Refugee 571 4.11%

Total 13,901 100.00%

Status Arrivals Percent

Entrant 1,740 8.48% Parolee 15,914 77.56% Refugee 2,865 13.96%

Total 20,519 100.00%

Status Clients Served and Arrivals Percent

Asylee 2,949 8.57% Entrant 2,294 6.66% Parolee 25,741 74.79% Refugee 3,436 9.98%

Total 34,420 100.00%

* Excludes clients in FFY 2004 arrivals.

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 1 State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 County by Origin and Status

Refugees Entrant Parolees Asylees

COUNTY Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Cubans Haitians Others Total

ALACHUA 003 00 70 00 0 10 BAY 002 00 30 00 0 5 BREVARD 000 01 70 01 0 9 BROWARD 54 4 34 57 73 639 8 2 185 324 1,380 CHARLOTTE 100 10 20 00 0 4 CITRUS 000 00 70 00 0 7 CLAY 000 31 40 00 0 8 COLLIER 61 2 1 28 19 492 8 0 27 15 653 COLUMBIA 300 00 00 00 0 3 DADE 1,445 16 45 1,305 401 20,594 70 74 346 911 25,207 DUVAL 31 0 417 10 7 145 1 0 25 42 678 ESCAMBIA 003 00 20 00 2 7 FLAGLER 0027 00 10 00 0 28 HENDRY 000 20470 00 0 49 HERNANDO 000 10 50 00 1 7 HIGHLANDS 000 00140 00 0 14 HILLSBOROUGH 163 1 198 70 6 1,477 6 4 20 92 2,037 HOLMES 000 00 00 00 0 0 INDIAN RIVER 100 20 50 01 0 9 LAKE 200 00210 00 3 26 LEE 7 0 0 10 4 169 1 0 19 9 219

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 2 State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 LEON 100County0 by Origin0 and8 Status0 00 0 9 MADISON 000 00 00 00 1 1 MANATEE 0 0 12 0 5 26 0 0 1 3 47 MARION 000 20160 00 0 18 MARTIN 000 01 00 00 1 2 MONROE 9 0 0 10 16 114 0 1 1 0 151 NASSAU 000 10 00 00 2 3 OKALOOSA 000 00 30 00 3 6 OKEECHOBEE 000 00 70 00 0 7 ORANGE 56 10 76 8 49 435 21 4 68 228 955 OSCEOLA 17 0 8 2 0 64 0 0 3 20 114 PALM BEACH 99 32 46 63 72 846 23 2 196 78 1,457 PASCO 16 1 95 2 0 15 0 0 0 7 136 PINELLAS 43 0 267 18 0 103 0 0 4 99 534 POLK 510 15500 0121 75 SARASOTA 14 1 68 3 2 186 2 0 7 15 298 SEMINOLE 12 0 9 5 0 27 0 0 0 74 127 ST JOHNS 000 20 00 00 0 2 ST LUCIE 5 0 6 0 25 33 4 0 11 3 87 SUWANNEE 000 00 40 00 0 4 VOLUSIA 501 10190 00 1 27

TOTAL 2,050 68 1,318 1,607 687 25,597 144 87 927 1,935 34,420

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 3 State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 Origin by County

COUNTY CUBA OTHER TOTAL

ALACHUA 7 0 3 10 BAY 3 0 2 5 BREVARD 7 2 09 BROWARD 743 268 369 1,380 CHARLOTTE 4 004 CITRUS 7 007 CLAY 7 1 08 COLLIER 579 56 18 653 COLUMBIA 3 003 DADE 23,375 833 999 25,207 DUVAL 184 33 461 678 ESCAMBIA 2 0 5 7 FLAGLER 1 0 27 28 HENDRY 49 0049 HERNANDO 6 0 1 7 HIGHLANDS 14 0014 HILLSBOROUGH 1,712 33 292 2,037 INDIAN RIVER 8 1 09 LAKE 23 0 3 26 LEE 185 24 10 219 LEON 9 009 MADISON 001 1 MANATEE 26 6 15 47 MARION 18 0018 MARTIN 0 112 MONROE 134 17 0 151 NASSAU 003 3 OKALOOSA 3 0 3 6 OKEECHOBEE 7 007 ORANGE 501 146 308 955 OSCEOLA 83 3 28 114 PALM BEACH 1,001 322 134 1,457 PASCO 33 1 102 136 PINELLAS 160 4 370 534 POLK 55 18 2 75 SARASOTA 195 12 91 298 SEMINOLE 40 0 87 127 ST JOHNS 2 002 ST LUCIE 38 40 9 87 SUWANNEE 4 004 VOLUSIA 25 0 2 27

TOTAL 29,253 1,821 3,346 34,420

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 4 State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 Origin by Age ORIGIN_COUNTRY 0-4 5-18 19-59 >60 TOTAL

Afghanistan 1 27 39 2 69 ALBANIA 0 166 13 Azerbaijan 0 181 10 BANGLADESH 001 01 Belarus 2 5 8 1 16 BOLIVIA 001 01 BOSNIA 2 0 27 7 36 BRAZIL 001 01 Burma 4 26 47 077 Burundi 4 12 11 027 CAMBODIA 0 1 00 1 CAMEROON 0 1506 Central African Republic 1 2 3 06 CHILE 004 04 CHINA 0 335 14 0 349 COLOMBIA 10 5,511 1,070 37 6,628 CONGO 002 02 Croatia 008 08 CUBA 615 2 22,121 1,006 23,744 CYPRUS 002 02 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 001 01 ECUADOR 004 04 EGYPT 2 3 5 010 EL SALVADOR 001 01 ERITREA 1 000 1 ESTONIA 0 11 00 11 Ethiopia 3 2 50 1 56 FRANCE 001 01 Georgia 0 4206 GUADELOUPE 001 01 GUATEMALA 0 463 4 0 467 GREAT BRITAIN 0001 1 HAITI 13 2 1,333 13 1,361 HONDURAS 0 73010 INDIA 0 001 1 Iran 1 2 40 1 44 ITALY 001 01 IVORY COAST 0 7007

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 5 State of Florida Arrivals and Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 Origin by Age ORIGIN_COUNTRY 0-4 5-18 19-59 >60 TOTAL

JAMAICA 0041 5 Kazakhstan 0001 1 KENYA 5 105 1 0 111 LAOS 002 02 Liberia 27 2 191 10 230 LIBYA 001 01 MEXICO 5 0 5 010 Moldova 1 0 2 03 MYANMAR 001 01 Nepal 001 01 NIGERIA 001 01 NORWAY 005 05 PAKISTAN 0 1203 Panama 0 1 00 1 PERU 0 512017 RUSSIA 0 2166 24 Rwanda 0 2204 SENEGAL 0 0101 Serbia 0 654 15 SIERRA LEONE 0 61 13 074 SOMALIA 19 22 55 3 99 Spain 1 0 12 4 SUDAN 5 22 69 096 THAILAND 2 000 2 TOGO 003 03 UGANDA 002 02 Ukraine 5 24 45 7 81 UNKNOWN 2 3 55 4 64 USSR/EUN 1 1 11 1 14 UZBEKISTAN 0 87 5 1 93 VENEZUELA 3 18 377 9 407 Vietnam 4 7 36 1 48 Zaire 0 0 10 0 10 ZAMBIA 0010 1 ZIMBABWE 0010 1

TOTAL 739 6,794 25,760 1,127 34,420

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 6 State of Florida Arrivals Federal Fiscal Year, 1985-2004

35,000

30,000

25,000

20,000

15,000

10,000

5,000

0 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Entrants 3,090 2,144 2,487 964 3,058 4,820 3,205 11,039 4,055 11,757 17,682 5,608 1,031 2,009 4,465 5,095 5,429 3,180 2,947 1,740 Refugees 1,794 1,316 1,328 3,523 4,830 6,531 5,029 4,864 4,276 4,279 5,400 3,884 4,092 3,962 4,362 4,126 3,744 1300 904 2,865 Parolees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,384 8,070 5,093 11,310 13,732 11,227 8,913 10,704 4,394 15,914

Sources: Office of Refugee Resettlement, Refugee Data Center (WRAPS), United States Catholic Conference (USCC), Church World Service (CWS), Department of Health, Refugee Health Office, and Immigration and Naturalization Services. 7 Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Refugee Services 4 State of Florida Arrivals Federal Fiscal Year 2004 County by Origin and Status

Refugees Entrant Parolees

County Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Total

Alachua 00 2 0 0 4 6 Bay 00 0 0 0 3 3 Brevard 00 0 0 1 1 2 Broward 47 0 29 53 46 506 681 Charlotte 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 Citrus 00 0 0 0 2 2 Clay 00 0 31 1 5 Collier 44 1 0 25 13 428 511 Columbia 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 Dade 1,258 0 38 1,195 100 12,661 15,252 Duval 27 0 379 7 0 98 511 Escambia 00 3002 5 Flagler 00 25 0 0 1 26 Hendry 00 0 2 0 36 38 Hernando 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 Highlands 0 0 0 0 0 8 8 Hillsborough 126 1 180 61 5 846 1,219 Indian River 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 Lake 2 0 0 0 0 21 23 Lee 4 0 0 9 2 120 135 Leon 0 0 0005 5 Manatee 00 120 4 20 36

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 8 State of Florida Arrivals Federal Fiscal Year 2004 County by Origin and Status

Refugees Entrant Parolees

County Cubans Haitians Others Cubans Haitians Cubans Total

Marion 00 0 0 0 13 13 Martin 0 00 0 1 0 1 Monroe 90 01012 89 120 Okaloosa 00 0 0 0 3 3 Okeechobee 0 0 0007 7 Orange 52 10 67 8 18 247 402 Osceola 17 0 8 2 0 31 58 Palm Beach 60 2 8 58 59 538 725 Pasco 14 0 89 2 0 12 117 Pinellas 29 0 222 17 0 61 329 Polk 5 0 005 34 44 Sarasota 3 0 57 1 1 58 120 Seminole 10 0 810 17 36 St Johns 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 ST Lucie 5 0 6011 21 43 Volusia 2 0 110 12 16

TOTAL 1,717 14 1,134 1,461 279 15,914 20,519

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 9 State of Florida Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 County by Origin and Status

REFUGEES ENTRANTS PAROLEES ASYLEES

COUNTY CUBA HAITI OTHER CUBA HAITI OTHER CUBA HAITI OTHER CUBA HAITI OTHER TOTAL

ALACHUA 001 000 3 00 000 4 BAY 002 000 000 000 2 BREVARD 000 0 0 0 6 00 01 07 BROWARD 7 4 5 2 25 4 126 8 7 2 185 324 699

CITRUS 000 0 0 0 5 00 000 5 CLAY 000 0 0 0 3 00 000 3 COLLIER 17 1 1 3 6 0 62 8 2 0 27 15 142 COLUMBIA 1 00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DADE 187 16 7 105 301 5 7,895 70 38 74 346 911 9,955 DUVAL 4 0 38 3 7 0 45 1 2 0 25 42 167 ESCAMBIA 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 FLAGLER 002 000 000 000 2 HENDRY 000 0 0 0 11 00 000 11 HERNANDO 000 0 0 0 2 00 001 3 HIGHLANDS 000 0 0 0 6 00 000 6 HILLSBOROUGH 37 0 18 9 1 0 629 6 2 4 20 92 818

INDIAN RIVER 1 00 0 0 0 2 00 01 04 LAKE 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 LEE 3 00 0 2 1 49 1 0019 9 84 LEON 1 00 0 0 0 3 00 001 5 MANATEE 000 0 1 0 6 00 013 11 MARION 000 2 00 3 00 000 5

Refugee Services ARRIVALS AND NON-ARRIVALS REPORT - FFY 2004 1/6/2009 10 State of Florida Clients Receiving Services Federal Fiscal Year 2004 County by Origin and Status

REFUGEESENTRANTS PAROLEES ASYLEES

COUNTY CUBA HAITI OTHER CUBA HAITI OTHER CUBA HAITI OTHER CUBA HAITI OTHER TOTAL

MARTIN 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 MONROE 000 0 4 0 25 0 211033 NASSAU 000 0 0 1 00 0 002 3 OKALOOSA 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 ORANGE 4 0 9 0 29 2 186 21 9 4 68 228 560 OSCEOLA 000 0 0 0 33 00 0320 56 PALM BEACH 39 30 38 5 12 1 299 23 4 2 196 78 727 PASCO 2 1 6 000 3 0 1 007 20 PINELLAS 14 0 45 1 00 38 0 7 0 499 208 POLK 0 1 0 1 00 15 00 012 1 30 SARASOTA 11 1 11 1 1 1 121 2 00715 171 SEMINOLE 2 0 1 0041000 0074 91 ST LUCIE 000 0 14 0 12 4 0011 3 44 SUWANNEE 0 0 0 0 00 40 0 000 4 VOLUSIA 3 00 0 0 0 7 0 0 001 11

TOTAL 333 54 184 0 132 403 19 0 9,609 144 74 0 87 927 1,935 13,901

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Appendix

12 State of Florida Arrivals (Cuban and Haitian Coast Guard Interceptions) October 1st, 2003 – September 30th, 2004

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0 Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Cubans 159 80 81 140 54 189 78 136 134 182 160 162 139 52 38 34 201 39 133 84 181 169 111 44 Haitians 25 295 335 1 157 172 21 382 1 500 124 0 132 203 529 113 1076 150 722 128 0 0 2 174

Federal Fiscal Year 2003 2004

Source: U.S. Coast Guard Total Cubans = 2,780 Total Haitians = 5,242 Florida Department of Children and Families, Office of Refugee Services

13 A-1 State of Florida Arrivals (Coast Guard Interceptions vs. Entrant Arrivals) Federal Fiscal Year, 1999-2004

2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600

400 200 0 Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Interceptions 850 610 749 449 135 543 987 448 344 517 731 516 909 425 342 476 975 713 752 1128 1093 1613 1248 500 Entrants 1,0121,0961,372 983 570 1,3951,4531,9281,3421,1771,3601,455 599 694 816 1032 432 767 589 752 358 260 478 578

FFY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services 14 A-2 State of Florida Arrivals (Cuban Coast Guard Interceptions) Federal Fiscal Year, 1999-2004 300 272270

250 224

207 201 187 189 200 182 181 173 169 159 160162 148 150 138 140 139 150 136134 133 127 122 116 111 106 107 105 100 102 104 101 95 89 100 84 84 84 80 8081 78 72 70 63 55 54 49 49 51 52 42 44 50 37 38 39 38 39 30 34 29 25 1820 16 19 18 13 11 6 0 1 0 October October October October October October FFY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services

15A-3 State of Florida Arrivals (Haitian Coast Guard Interceptions) Federal Fiscal Years 1999-2004

1,200 1,076

1,000

800 722

600 529 503 500 477

395 382 350 400 320 319 335 299 295 247 216 189 203 186 172 174 164 157 150 200 130 126 122 128 124 132 128 102 113 80 82 92 78 79 52 34 34 33 40 40 18 18 17 25 21 10 11 7 15 0 0 0 8 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 October October October October October October FFY 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Source: U.S. Coast Guard

Florida Department of Children and Families, Refugee Services

16A-4 States Receiving Immigrants Federal Fiscal Year, 1999-2001

25%

20.47%

20%

15%

10.21%

8.33% 10%

5.37% 4.96% 3.87% 3.77% 3.50% 3.05% 5% 2.84%

0% Florida California New York Washington Texas Georgia Illinois Minnesota Michigan Missouri Percent 20.47% 10.21% 8.33% 5.37% 4.96% 3.87% 3.77% 3.50% 3.05% 2.84%

Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement. (Based on Federal Fiscal Years 99-2001 Refugee/Entrant/Asylee The 10 states above accounted for 66% of the arrivals Arrival Data) to the US in FFY 99-01, while the 40 remaining states accounted for only 34% of all arrivals combined. Florida Department of Children & Families, Office of Refugee Services A-517 Holmes Santa Jackson Rosa 1 ton ing h Nassau Okaloosa Walton s Gadsden n Escambia a o s Hamilton W Calhoun r Leon e Madison ff Duval e ia Bay 2 J b Baker m Liberty Wakulla Suwannee lu o 4 Taylor C rd Union o St. f Clay Gulf Franklin Lafayette rad Johns B Gilchrist 3 Dixie Alachua Putnam Flagler

Levy Marion 12 13 Volusia Citrus Lake Sumter Seminole Hernando Orange Pasco 7 Hillsborough Osceola Brevard Polk Pinellas 14 Indian River O ke e Manatee Hardee c Districts / Region hobe 15 SunCoast St. Lucie Highlands e Sarasota De Soto Martin

Charlotte Glades

Palm Beach Lee Hendry N 9 8 Broward Collier 10 W E Dade S 11

Monroe

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