Thursday, August 20, 2009

The Department of Homeland Security Releases Report on Refugees and Asylees

DHS' Office of Immigration Statistics has released an Annual Report showing trends, characteristics, and other statistics on the number of people admitted to the U.S. as refugees or granted asylum here during 2008. According to the report, people from Burma, Iraq, and Bhutan accounted for nearly two-thirds of all refugees in 2008.

Click on the headline or go here to read the 6 page report:
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_rfa_fr_2008.pdf

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