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Refugee Applications Approved by |
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Top 10 Nationalities, Fiscal Year 2002 |
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Refugees Approved |
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For Admission |
Approval Rate(a) |
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Bosnia |
3,784 |
75.1% |
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Cuba |
2,534 |
39.5% |
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Iran |
2,000 |
73.3% |
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Afghanistan |
1,635 |
76.5% |
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Ukraine |
1,618 |
40.9% |
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Sudan |
1,054 |
28.6% |
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Liberia |
982 |
7.4% |
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Vietnam |
774 |
32.8% |
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Russia |
731 |
41.8% |
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Iraq |
592 |
37.4% |
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All nationalities |
18,652 |
20.8% |
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a. Percent of applications for refugee status approved. |
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Note:Refugees are approved for admission to the U.S. by immigration officers overseas. |
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Source: Office of Homeland Security, Immigration Statistics 2002, Table E. |
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Refugees Granted Permanent Resident Status |
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By Selected Region and Country of Birth , 1946-2002 |
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All |
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Fiscal Years |
Countries |
Europe |
Vietnam |
Cuba |
Somalia |
Bosnia (a) |
Iraq |
Afghanistan |
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1946-1950 |
213,347 |
211,983 |
- |
3 |
NA |
9,816 |
- |
- |
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1951-1960 |
492,371 |
456,146 |
2 |
6 |
NA |
44,755 |
130 |
1 |
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1961-1970 |
212,843 |
55,235 |
7 |
131,557 |
NA |
18,299 |
119 |
- |
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1971-1980 |
539,447 |
71,858 |
150,266 |
251,514 |
6 |
11,297 |
6,851 |
542 |
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1981-1990 |
1,013,620 |
155,512 |
324,453 |
113,367 |
70 |
324 |
7,540 |
22,946 |
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1991-2000 |
1,021,266 |
426,565 |
206,857 |
144,612 |
16,837 |
37,591 |
22,557 |
9,725 |
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2001 |
108,506 |
55,825 |
10,351 |
22,687 |
2,484 |
23,303 |
3,060 |
257 |
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2002 |
126,084 |
62,911 |
6,926 |
24,893 |
4,084 |
25,033 |
3,434 |
1,044 |
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Total, 1946-2002 |
3,727,484 |
1,496,035 |
698,862 |
688,639 |
23,481 |
170,418 |
43,691 |
34,515 |
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Percent of All Refugees: |
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1946-1950 |
100.0% |
99.4% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
NA |
4.6% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
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1951-1960 |
100.0% |
92.6% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
NA |
9.1% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
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1961-1970 |
100.0% |
26.0% |
0.0% |
61.8% |
NA |
8.6% |
0.1% |
0.0% |
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1971-1980 |
100.0% |
13.3% |
27.9% |
46.6% |
0.0% |
2.1% |
1.3% |
0.1% |
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1981-1990 |
100.0% |
15.3% |
32.0% |
11.2% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.7% |
2.3% |
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1991-2000 |
100.0% |
41.8% |
20.3% |
14.2% |
1.6% |
3.7% |
2.2% |
1.0% |
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2001 |
100.0% |
51.4% |
9.5% |
20.9% |
2.3% |
21.5% |
2.8% |
0.2% |
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2002 |
100.0% |
49.9% |
5.5% |
19.7% |
3.2% |
19.9% |
2.7% |
0.8% |
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Total, 1946-2002 |
100.0% |
40.1% |
18.7% |
18.5% |
0.6% |
4.6% |
1.2% |
0.9% |
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NA Not available. |
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a. Yugoslavia prior to 1990. |
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Note: Refugees are eligible to apply for permanent residence status a year after entering the nation. |
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Permanent residency, or "Green Card," status confers the right to live and work in the U.S. permanently. |
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Source: Office of Homeland Security, 2002 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, October 2003, Table 23. |
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How Many Iraqi Refugees? |
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Projections Based on Historical Experience |
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Refugee Influx |
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Population (date) |
Refugee Influx (a) |
as % Population |
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Europe |
547,403,000 (1950) |
1,496,035 |
0.3% |
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Cuba |
6,985,000 (1960) |
688,639 |
9.9% |
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Vietnam |
42,898,000 (1970) |
698,862 |
1.6% |
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Bosnia |
4,308,000 (1990) |
85,927 |
2.0% |
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Somalia |
7,163,000 (1990) |
23,461 |
0.3% |
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Projected Iraqi |
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Refugee Influx |
Assumptions: |
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Iraq |
25,000,000 (2003) |
75,000 |
European experience |
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Iraq |
25,000,000 (2003) |
2,475,000 |
Cuban experience |
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Iraq |
25,000,000 (2003) |
560,000 |
Vietnam experience |
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Iraq |
25,000,000 (2003) |
500,000 |
Bosnian experience |
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Iraq |
25,000,000 (2003) |
75,000 |
Somalian experience |
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a. Refugees granted permanent residence in U.S. from population date through 2002. |
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Source: Population: United Nations, World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision |
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World Population Database. http://esa.un.org/unpp/ |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.
