Chart: Refugee admissions declined by 86% under Trump compared with the last year of the Obama administration: Annual number of refugees admitted into the United States, fiscal years 2015–2020

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Refugee admissions declined by 86% under Trump compared with the last year of the Obama administration: Annual number of refugees admitted into the United States, fiscal years 2015–2020

Date	Number of refugees
2015	69,933
2016	84,995
2017	53,716
2018	22,517
2019	30,000
2020	11,841

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Notes: Data reflect refugee resettlement numbers in the fiscal years shown but do not show the annual refugee ceilings set by the executive branch.

Source: Migration Policy Institute analysis of WRAPS data from the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.

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