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Increase in U.S. Refugee Ceiling Falls Short of Meaningful Leadership
Refugee and Immigrant Rights
Published on September 20, 2015
New York City
Eleanor Acer
- Increased resettlement. The United States should encourage other resettlement states to increase their commitments to resettle Syrian refugees, and the United States should itself announce a commitment to resettle 100,000 Syrian refugees in fiscal year 2016. President Obama should increase the U.S. annual ceiling for refugee admissions from 70,000 to 200,000 in order to facilitate this major resettlement initiative.
- Meet the humanitarian assistance goal, and increase development assistance. The United States should ensure that the UN humanitarian appeal for Syria is fully funded by encouraging other states to increase their contributions to the appeal, and by significantly stepping up U.S. contributions for humanitarian and development assistance to the region.
Human Rights First notes that United States has a rigorous system for vetting refugee resettlement cases, which includes extensive background and security checks.
