By Phillip Connor International migration from countries in sub-Saharan Africa has grown dramaticallyover the past decade,1 including to Europe2and the United States. Indeed, most years since 2010 have witnessed a rising inflow of sub-Saharan asylum applicants in Europe, and lawful permanent Continue Reading
U.S. admits record number of Muslim refugees in 2016
By Phillip Connor A total of 38,901 Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in fiscal year 2016, making up almost half (46%) of the nearly 85,000 refugees who entered the country in that period, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the State Department’s Refugee Processing Center. That Continue Reading