DR Congo tops the list for highest number of
refugees resettled in US in FY18, by Ann Corcoran, 10/8/18.
I’ve previously reported that the African country, DR Congo,
holds the distinction of being the country sending (at present) the highest
number of refugees to US towns and cities.
35% of the refugees who entered the US
in FY18 were from the DR Congo. The UN wants us to take 50,000 total. Filling
Obama’s promise…..And, I told you that Obama’s State Department promised the
United Nations that the US would take 50,000 in total over five years. We
are almost there.
Since that promise was made in 2013 we have resettled 46,041 DR
Congolese, placed them in 47 states with Texas being the top ‘welcoming’ state.
This years’ data….
The Refugee Processing Center data for FY18, the year that just
closed, will be harder to find by next month, so I thought I should capture the
numbers here for future reference.
22,491
total refugees were admitted from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018.
Here is where they came from:
This
post is filed in my ‘Where to find information’ category
and in ‘Refugee Statistics.’ Previous posts on the DR Congo are here.
You probably recognize the DR Congo because it has been in the news a lot
lately due to an Ebola outbreak there.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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