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Table 34. Aliens Apprehended by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2014 to 2016

By Region of Nationality

Region of Nationality	2014 ^1,2	2015	2016 ⁴
Total	679,996	462,388	530,250
Africa	3,308	2,296	2,040
Asia	11,131	9,825	12,267
Europe	3,915	2,379	3,818
North America	648,576	439,102	501,754
Oceania	369	241	157
South America	12,174	8,284	9,875
Unknown	523	261	339

By Country of Nationality

Country of Nationality	2014^1,2	2015	2016 ⁴
Total	679,996	462,388	530,250
Afghanistan	66	71	84
Albania	408	91	152
Algeria	42	26	38
Angola	13	11	6
Antigua and Barbuda	31	21	16
Argentina	212	123	82
Armenia	161	88	87
Australia	50	30	21
Austria	5	9	4
Azerbaijan	38	23	22
Bahamas	196	185	151
Bangladesh	476	467	796
Barbados	47	28	20
Belarus	20	15	18
Belgium	13	11	15
Belize	258	140	150
Benin	10	19	8
Bermuda	8	4	D
Bhutan	7	22	14
Bolivia	194	116	107
Bosnia and Herzegovina	131	115	103
Brazil	1,643	1,911	3,738
Bulgaria	49	36	28
Burkina Faso	17	6	15
Burma	48	47	56
Burundi	22	9	20
Cabo Verde	35	32	34
Cambodia	147	130	203
Cameroon	70	47	54
Canada	775	648	509
Cayman Islands	4	3	3
Central African Republic	8	D	6
Chad	13	8	5
Chile	116	82	87
China, People's Republic	2,601	1,875	3,197
Colombia	1,522	1,351	1,209
Congo, Democratic Republic	31	17	39
Congo, Republic	26	13	29
Costa Rica	378	213	214
Cote d'Ivoire	45	34	17
Croatia	13	16	5
Cuba	2,872	2,281	3,061
Czechia	35	23	26
Czechoslovakia (former)	12	7	6
Denmark	9	4	4
Dominica	24	15	18
Dominican Republic	3,455	2,797	2,770
Ecuador	6,276	3,438	3,472
Egypt	181	147	117
El Salvador	79,321	51,200	78,983
Equatorial Guinea	3	D	D
Eritrea	52	45	33
Estonia	16	12	12
Ethiopia	152	93	70
Fiji	35	22	22
France	107	40	52
Gabon	15	D	3
Gambia	69	33	41
Georgia	52	29	50
Germany	103	79	87
Ghana	212	138	174
Greece	35	13	28
Grenada	33	24	13
Guatemala	97,151	66,982	84,649
Guinea	69	34	49
Guinea-Bissau	D	D	D
Guyana	248	196	142
Haiti	1,810	1,124	1,113
Honduras	106,928	42,433	61,222
Hong Kong	25	18	21
Hungary	76	54	42
Iceland	5	D	4
India	2,106	2,967	4,123
Indonesia	102	52	39
Iran	223	154	111
Iraq	173	152	156
Ireland	47	29	37
Israel	303	235	92
Italy	116	86	81
Jamaica	1,677	1,176	1,012
Japan	43	18	11
Jordan	282	293	167
Kazakhstan	75	45	25
Kenya	423	415	189
Korea, South	349	255	188
Kosovo	17	20	38
Kuwait	22	34	18
Kyrgyzstan	52	40	18
Laos	335	184	194
Latvia	41	39	10
Lebanon	117	94	58
Liberia	176	143	152
Libya	36	22	16
Lithuania	48	27	24
Macau	5	D	-
Macedonia	22	19	22
Malawi	13	7	6
Malaysia	30	14	9
Mali	89	40	32
Marshall Islands	66	34	26
Mauritania	25	14	12
Mexico	350,177	267,885	265,747
Micronesia, Federated States	95	80	-
Moldova	57	63	37
Mongolia	52	27	27
Montenegro	11	9	7
Montserrat	4	D	D
Morocco	135	95	61
Nepal	555	443	580
Netherlands	45	44	16
Netherlands Antilles (former)	3	3	4
New Zealand	34	23	12
Nicaragua	2,912	1,577	1,756
Niger	34	24	11
Nigeria	396	274	253
Norway	4	-	5
Pakistan	350	287	522
Palau	23	10	20
Panama	100	92	95
Paraguay	16	8	14
Peru	1,568	827	799
Philippines	592	334	263
Poland	266	205	136
Portugal	91	57	58
Romania	1,038	537	2,167
Russia	262	159	128
Rwanda	12	14	14
Saint Kitts and Nevis	20	21	7
Saint Lucia	44	30	21
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	31	15	17
Samoa	20	11	25
Saudi Arabia	226	276	189
Senegal	98	41	62
Serbia	40	20	19
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	58	29	21
Sierra Leone	96	65	44
Singapore	9	3	7
Slovakia	28	15	8
Slovenia	D	4	D
Somalia	169	131	164
South Africa	63	43	34
South Sudan	21	14	19
Soviet Union (former)	64	19	23
Spain	129	84	62
Sri Lanka	95	128	57
Sudan	132	81	86
Suriname	8	8	6
Sweden	24	14	17
Switzerland	12	3	6
Syria	61	57	44
Taiwan	35	38	34
Tajikistan	35	36	16
Tanzania	129	42	26
Thailand	197	84	64
Togo	23	10	8
Tonga	44	26	27
Trinidad and Tobago	303	195	190
Tunisia	46	31	19
Turkey	243	194	183
Turkmenistan	9	11	5
Turks and Caicos Islands	5	7	4
Uganda	28	14	14
Ukraine	183	154	111
United Arab Emirates	9	8	3
United Kingdom	268	213	195
Uruguay	91	44	29
Uzbekistan	109	73	45
Venezuela	280	180	190
Vietnam	634	433	449
Virgin Islands, British	4	D	D
Yemen	67	71	35
Zambia	27	19	17
Zimbabwe	36	22	24
All other countries ³	41	40	32
Unknown	523	261	339

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