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Island in New York Harbour, USA; area 11
hectares/27 acres; former reception centre
for steerage-class immigrants during the
immigration waves between 1892-1943. It was
later used as a detention centre for
non-residents without documentation, or for
those who were being deported. No longer
used, it was declared a National Historic
Site 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson.