If one looks at recent refugee trends it is clear that the United States is almost invariably the preferred destination. Furthermore. it appears that a general rule of thumb can be established regarding the percentage of a nations population which. in the final analysis. ends up in the United States. For example. since Cuba fell to the Communist revolutionaries over a millon Cubans have come to the United States. This represents over 10 percent of the Cuban population. If one wanted to use this as a baseline you could say 10 percent. but even if you use a conservative baseline of 8 percent it would seem a normal refugee pattern. Because of the varying proximity of the Central American countries to the United States-