Information about the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 2023 (shared by Noel Andersen)
Although the official press release describes the refugee admissions target of 125,000 for the fiscal year as “ambitious”, Church World Service and others had called on the Biden Administration to set a resettlement goal of 200,000, accompanied by investments to strengthen the resettlement program. It should be noted that in Fiscal Year 2023, only about a fifth of the admissions goal, also 125,000, was met through US Refugee Admissions Program, although an additional 105,000 Afghans and Ukrainians were welcomed through humanitarian parole.
- Presidential Determination
- Statement from Church World Service
- Statement from HIAS
- Press release from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
- Refugee Council USA (RCUSA):