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Press Release

 

For Immediate Release
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841
Feb. 9, 2022

**New Paper Outlines Strategy for Setting Refugee Resettlement Levels**

**WASHINGTON, D.C.**- The United States must rethink how it sets
refugee resettlement levels at a time of record high displacement of
people worldwide, according to apaper published

today.

The paper posts as newly announced resettlement numbers for January
show continued low
admissions - we resettled 1,049 refugees last month. The number of
forcibly displaced people worldwide has surpassed 84 million, according
to UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency
.

"The United States needs a new refugee admissions methodology that
adapts to global resettlement needs, aligns with our capacity to
welcome, and faithfully reflects the historical intentions of our
refugee laws and the values of charity rooted in the American spirit,"
according to the paper. " ... Welcoming the persecuted supports
geopolitical stability and reinforces America's commitment to human
rights and democracy around the world."

It goes on to suggest a systematic method based on the UNHCR's annual
Refugees in Need of Resettlement (RINOR) number - the estimated
population of forcibly displaced people who are most in need of
permanent resettlement each year. The U.S. should set a resettlement
baseline at 10% of that number each year, according to the paper.

"With so many people in need of stability, the U.S. can and should be
doing more," said

**Danilo Zak, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the National Immigration
Forum** and co-author of the paper. "We want to offer a practical,
consistent way for the U.S. to reclaim its humanitarian and security
leadership, one that would not get bogged down in politics.

"At the same time, the government must continue to rebuild our refugee
resettlement infrastructure. Higher targets are meaningless if we fall
desperately short of reaching them."

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