{"id":1560,"date":"2017-09-29T09:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T09:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.refugepoint.org\/\/?p=1560"},"modified":"2018-09-25T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T14:57:37","slug":"refugepoint-responds-to-historically-low-cap-on-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.refugepoint.org\/refugepoint-responds-to-historically-low-cap-on-refugees\/","title":{"rendered":"RefugePoint Responds to Historically Low Cap on Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #332003;\">On Tuesday, we learned that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nyti.ms\/2yqLU0i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">Trump Administration intends limit the number of refugees admitted to the\u00a0U.S. to 45,000\u00a0<\/span><\/a>for the 2018 fiscal year. This represents the lowest admissions goal since 1980. By comparison, the 2017 limit allowed for 110,000 refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #332003;\">RefugePoint is profoundly disappointed that in this time of great need, with more than 22.5 million refugees worldwide, the\u00a0U.S. plans to drastically reduce the number of refugees that it welcomes to the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #332003;\">\u201cThe decision to reduce the number of refugees admitted to the U.S. to 45,000 is life-threatening for many of the families that our staff are working with on the frontlines,\u201d said Sasha Chanoff, Founder and Executive Director of RefugePoint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #332003;\">Resettlement is often the best, and sometimes the only option for refugees who cannot return home and are not able to reside safely in the country to which they have fled. Drastically reducing the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. sets a dangerous precedent for other countries to become less welcoming, leaving millions of refugees in life-threatening situations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 15.0pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 15.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #332003;\">RefugePoint and other resettlement organizations continue to strongly urge that the U.S. offer safety and protection to at least 75,000 refugees for the coming fiscal year. We believe that the U.S. must continue its role as the global leader in offering protection to refugees, and we ask that Congress and the Administration recognize the grave impacts that this decision will have on vulnerable refugees around the world, including unaccompanied children, people with severe medical needs, and survivors of torture.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2017\/09\/20\/slashing-refugee-admissions-tragic-irrational-sasha-chanoff-column\/681197001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;\">\u00a0At this crucial time, we must step up and not back.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, we learned that the\u00a0Trump Administration intends limit the number of refugees admitted to the\u00a0U.S. to 45,000\u00a0for the 2018 fiscal year. This represents the lowest admissions goal since 1980. By comparison, the 2017 limit allowed for 110,000 refugees. 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