1,830 refugees arrived in the US in first month of
FY19, welcomed by 43 states, by Ann Corcoran, 11/1 /18
In
the first month of Fiscal Year 2019, Trump’s State Department admitted its
initial group of refugees, mostly UN-selected, toward its proposed cap of 30,000 for resettlement this year.
They
are being quietly distributed to approximately 170 towns and cities.
If
the DOS kept this same pace, 1,830 a month, we would come in just under 22,000
for the year that ends September 30, 2019.
In
fiscal year 2018, we admitted 22,491 as the final number. (These numbers do not
include the thousands granted asylum each month or the Special Immigrant visa
entries who mostly come from Iraq and Afghanistan and get the same benefits as
the regular DOS refugees.)
Here
(below) is where they went (from Wrapsnet).
Washington state gets the honor of being the number one welcoming state
for the month.
1,615,
or 88%, came from 4 countries: DR Congo (608), Eritrea (358), Ukraine
(345), and Burma (304).
362
of the total 1,830 are Muslims of one sect or another with the largest number
126 from Burma. Those would most likely be Rohingya Muslims.
This
post is filed in two categories for your future reference: Refugee statistics and Where to find information.
See
original article for Wrapsnet map at:
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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