REFUGEE STATUS

The civil war in Syria that began in 2011 and has resulted in the displacement of more than 11 million people within and beyond the country’s borders, the United States in 2015 began to accept for resettlement significantly for then more Syrian refugees than ever before. The Obama administration surpassed its goal of admitting 10,000+ Syrians via the refugee resettlement program in fiscal year 2016, from ju 36 in 2013. In total, 18,007 Syrian refugees were resettled in the United States between October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2016.Round the world there is, close to 4.9 million Syrians had been registered as refugees as of early January, the vast majority are in first-asylum countries such as Turkey and Iraq only a fraction are likely to ever be permanently resettled. The Obama administration, which raised the overall refugee ceiling in year 2016 to 85,000 (up from 70,000 the year before), announced an increase to 110,000 in 2017 to respond to the unprecedented global human burden. While a old target for Syrians was not set for the year 2017, it is anticipated they would receive more than 12,500 of the overall places.the administration ending less than four months into the fiscal year and with President-elect Donald Trump having pledged to suspend Syrian refugee admissions, tho we don’t know is that is positive to happen.