"We can categorically say that there is no other outbreak in any other province, " Santin told CNN, outside the entrance to the Celia Sanchez Manduley Hospital, where three more people had arrived suffering from severe diarrhea.

CNN: Cuban doctors battle to control cholera outbreak

These people arrived more than 20 years ago and as citizens their names appear in the voter rolls.

CNN: LETTERS AND COMMENT

By the afternoon more neighbors had arrived, people we hardly knew, and by nightfall the place was packed with silent mourners.

NEWYORKER: Naima

But experts at Oxford University's Migration Observatory said that Thursday's figures showed the government would have to cut non-EU migration by 70% to meet its target, unless fewer Europeans arrived and more people left.

BBC: Net migration to UK in 2010 at record high

Expecting just a few, he and Arline arrived to find more than 70 people, some having come from around the country.

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Some had come in as early as Wednesday but the bulk of people arrived Thursday afternoon, with each hour bringing a few more cars.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Few things do more to fulfill that need than asking people to explain their point of view and how they arrived at it.

FORBES: Do you get me?

Officials from several immigrant rights' groups and the Catholic church held a conference call Tuesday to highlight their concerns about the bill, including a cutoff date that excludes people who arrived here after 2011, and provisions disqualifying anyone with a felony conviction or more than two misdemeanors.

NPR: Advocates Criticize Senate Immigration Bill