Historic high in US acceptance of christian refugees

United States government records show that nearly 68 percent of all refugees arriving in the country over the past nine months are Christian. That information comes from the U.S. State Department. The acceptance rate represents a 16-year high for Christian refugees.

Yet some Christian activists are unhappy about the latest numbers. They note that the number of refugees accepted is much lower than that of recent years.

Of the 16,229 refugees admitted from October 1 to June 28, 10,949 were Christian. They were mainly from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ukraine, and Burma.

The Christian aid group World Relief is one of nine national resettlement organizations in the United States. Matthew Soerens is World Relief’s U.S. director of church mobilization. Soerens said that he did not know "a single Christian who is in any way consoled" by the higher proportion. He added, "I think it's a tragedy for Christians, Muslims and every other religion. Most every group you could look at is down at least 60 percent."

A Christian publication, The Christian Post, noted recently that the number of Middle Eastern Christians accepted in the U.S. was very low.

Kathryn Freeman directs public policy for the Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission. She said that few “persecuted Christians” from the Middle East had been admitted in the past six months. She said, "I think it is also important to note that we feel the national slowdown in refugee resettlement is affecting refugees of all faiths."

The Cato Institute, a research group, reported that Muslim refugee flows fell 94 percent from January to November 2017. In December, Cato said there was a 26 percent drop in immigrants and a 32 percent decrease in temporary visas for people from majority-Muslim countries during that period.

Aliqismet BADALOV,
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