President Joe Biden said Saturday his administration will increase the refugee cap after a back and forth on Friday where the administration first announced it would keep the cap at the ...

Stories of refugees on World Refugee Day 07:00. The Biden administration plans to retain its goal of receiving up to 125,000 refugees in fiscal year 2023, in hopes of accomplishing a lofty ...

The 125,000-spot refugee cap for fiscal year 2021 will mark a 733% increase from the historic low 15,000-person ceiling former President Donald Trump set before leaving office.

Refugee admissions doubled from fiscal year 2021 to 2022 Gutted refugee system Past administrations have not always met their quotas for admitting refugees into the United States.

But after blowback from faith-based refugee resettlement groups and other advocates, Biden raised the cap to 62,500 in the spring of 2021. The next year, he raised it again to the promised 125,000 ...

Refugees don’t just need food and shelter. They need connectivity, skills, and a voice. UNHCR’s Hovig Etyemezian shares how ...

President Joe Biden signed an order on Friday limiting U.S. refugee admissions this year to the historically low 15,000 cap set under his predecessor Donald Trump, shelving a plan to raise it to ...

The new ceiling for refugee admissions will be 62,500 — far above former President Donald Trump's cap of 15,000. Advocates had been concerned Biden was not moving fast enough on a campaign promise.

The White House is reconsidering raising the number of refugees allowed into the US to about 62,500, its original goal, The Washington Post reported Monday.

In May, Mr. Biden raised the refugee admissions cap for the current fiscal year from 15,000 — an historically low level set by former President Donald J. Trump — to 62,500.

Trump Slashes Refugee Cap to 18,000, Curtailing U.S. Role as Haven Share full article Refugees were rescued Thursday by a Greek Coast Guard ship near the island of Samos.