Biden administration moves to restore refugee admission program

After four years of a historically low refugee admissions ceiling in American history,  President Biden announced his plan to raise the cap on refugees allowed to resettle in the United States. Refugee admissions will increase to a total of 125,000 persons for the first fiscal year of the Biden-Harris administration starting October 1st, 2021.

“Today, I’m approving an executive order to begin the hard work of restoring our refugee admissions program to help meet the unprecedented global need… It’s going to take time to rebuild what has been so badly damaged,” Biden said. 

The Refugee Dream Center strongly supports this executive order and presidential calls to action. In the midst of a critical time when global resettlement is at its lowest, President Biden’s action will save lives. We applaud the Biden-Harris administration for moving towards restoring the US resettlement program. The Refugee Dream Center encourages other countries to also continue expanding their resettlement programs as refugees face life-threatening circumstances.

Hear from our Executive Director:

“Refugees across the world have endured, with patience, the consequences of a very harsh policy in the last four years. It is a great relief to know that their pain will not only be alleviated, but that the hope and trust they had in the United States will also be restored. We therefore thank the Biden Administration for this historic decision.”

Dr. Omar Bah,

Executive Director & Co-founder