Enhanced vetting of refugee under the Trump administration is resulting in sharply fewer resettlements in the United States.<\/p>\n
Refugee admissions to the United States in October and November plummeted 83 percent<\/a> from the same period last year. A total of 3,108 refugees were admitted during the first two months of fiscal 2018 \u2013 down from 18,300 a year ago.<\/p>\n Look for the trend to continue as the United States announced Sunday it had pulled out<\/a> of the U.N. Global Compact on Migration<\/a>. According to U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the terms imposed by the compact were \u201csimply not compatible with U.S. sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n A FAIR Primer on Refugees<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Along with the reduction in raw refugee numbers, the makeup of the refugees resettled in the United States changed significantly.<\/p>\n The top five sending countries in October-November 2016 were the Congo (4,236 refugees), Somalia (2,463), Iraq (2,262), Syria (2,259) and Burma (1,509).<\/p>\n The new top five are Bhutan (805), the Congo (627), Burma (347), Ukraine (290) and Eritrea (281).<\/p>\n In its last full fiscal year, the Obama administration admitted 84,994 refugees. Based on recommendations of the Departments of State and Homeland Security, President Trump has\u00a0proposed a refugee admission ceiling of 45,000 for FY 2018<\/a>, even as the United States continues to take a leading role in protecting refugees and displaced persons around the world.<\/p>\n