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Earl Gregg Swem Library

Refugees and Asylees: 2011

Categories: Burma,Homeland Security,Immigration/Migration,Iraq,Statistics

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_rfa_fr_2011.pdf

Provides information on the number of persons admitted to the U.S. as refugees or granted asylum in 2011.  A total of 56,384 refugees were admitted ;  Burma, Bhutan, and Iraq were the leading countries of nationality for refugees.  From the Office of Immigration Statistics of the Department of Homeland Security