Refugee admissions nearly halved as supreme court mulls Trump travel ban

Source: theguardian





Department of Homeland Security reports drop in admissions after inauguration with Syria and Somalia, subject to ban, among most-represented countries




Saturday 24 June 2017 15.02 EDT
First published on Saturday 24 June 2017 11.58 EDT





..........As the supreme court prepares to consider a White House appeal regarding the president’s ban on refugees and travellers from six Muslim-majority countries, a DHS report published on Friday provided new insight into the state of legal immigration under the Trump administration.

The statistics, first reported by the Los Angeles Times, showed at least 13,000 refugee admissions to the US in the past three months. In Obama’s last three months, that number tipped just over 25,000.

The report pointed to an escalation of refugee intake by the Obama administration around Trump’s win in the presidential election. Compared with the previous fiscal year, the period under Obama reflected an 86% year-over-year increase. Under Trump, there has been a 12% year-over-year drop.

Approximately two-thirds of refugees admitted to the US in the past three months were from five countries: Syria and Somalia, both included in the travel ban; Iraq, which was included in the first version of the ban; the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burma. The US accepts far fewer Syrian refugees than other western countries..........................

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/24/us-refugees-donald-trump-travel-ban

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The statistics showed at least 13,000 refugee admissions to the US in the past three months. In Obama’s last three months, that number tipped just over 25,000. Photograph: Erik Mc G/PacificPress/Barcroft

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