Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Governor Abbott claimed that Texas had received more refugees than any other state, stating that 10% of all refugees in the United States had resettled in Texas over the past 10 years. [39] On January 15, 2020, a federal judge blocked the executive order, ruling that individual states do not have the power to deny refugees entry and that doing ...
The number of refugees admitted declined significantly, with only 11,814 admitted in the fiscal year 2020. [14] The Biden administration aims to increase the number of refugees accepted by setting higher caps for admissions. [15] In 2024 the Biden Administration maintained the 125,000 person cap on refugee admissions. [16]
UNHCR registered refugees by country/territory of asylum between 2022 and 2010 Country/territory of asylum Refugees per 1,000 inhabitants in mid-2015 [1] 2022 [2] 2019 [3] mid-2016 [4]
Twenty percent more refugees will need resettlement in 2025 than in 2024, yet pathways to safety in the West are narrowing rapidly. President-elect Donald Trump’s second term might usher in an ...
This Sunday, June 20, marks the 20th anniversary of World Refugee Day -- a day established by the United Nations in 2001 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1951 Convention Relating to the ...
March 20, 2024 at 8:51 AM. ... enforcement authorities to arrest people suspected of illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, saying Mexico will not accept anyone repatriated by Texas. ...
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 13769 (Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States) aka the "Muslim Ban," which lowered the number of refugees to be admitted into the United States in 2017 to 50,000, suspended the USRAP program for 120 days, suspended the entry of Syrian refugees ...
The World Refugee Survey also included a country ranking based on an analysis of compliance under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. Countries were graded on: 1) Refoulement/Physical Protection; 2) Freedom of Movement and Residence; 3) Detention/Access to Courts; 4) Right to Earn a Livelihood; and 5) Public Relief and ...