11.   Traditionally, security at US-Canada border crossings has been loose, with most individuals who make the crossing not even required to show any identification.

12.   Whether there was a land bridge or the crossing was made over ice or by vessel remains a mystery, he said.

13.   Ousland tried and failed to make the crossing last year.

14.   Police said the van had made the crossing from France by ferry.

15.   A Russian man and his son drowned trying to make the crossing.

16.   An officially organized ship is set to make the crossing Tuesday morning, taking Kinmen county commissioner Chen Shui-tsai and other local officials.

17.   As a result of the law, many Cubans have died attempting to make the crossing to Florida, Cuban officials say.

18.   But the crew have remained determined and maintain that both they and the ship are strong enough to make the crossing.

19.   Dozens of migrants drown off the coasts of Italy and Spain each year as they try to make the crossing from the Balkans or northern Africa.

20.   Every year thousands of would-be immigrants risk their lives making the crossing in search of jobs.