U.N. Official: Biden Plan To Boost Refugee Resettlement 'Sends Important Signal'
U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements says she's pleased the U.S. plans to raise the cap on refugees to 125,000 per year. Work is already underway at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The number of refugees has soared over the past four years, with more than 26 million refugees worldwide as of mid-2020, according to the United Nations refugee agency.
Yet the number of refugees who have resettled in the U.S. has plummeted to a record low of about 12,000 last year, from 85,000 a year at the start of the Trump administration.
President Bidentrend set by his predecessor, with a pledge to raise the cap on refugees in the U.S. up . That number does not include asylum-seekers.
