Refugees admitted to the U.S over time
A look into the origin of refugees entering the United States.
On January 27, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that suspended the
US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days.
Seven Muslim majority countries were banned from entering the United States for 90 days.
Click on a country name below to learn more about the refugee situation.
Syria,
Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Libya, Somalia, and Sudan.
Note: Countries whose data was withheld to limit disclosure for 1 year or more were excluded from this analysis. Represented by (D) in source database.
Source: U.S. Department of State, Refugee Processing Center and Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS); World Bank; World Atlas