U.S. immigration - refugee arrival, by country of nationality FY 2021

In Fiscal Year 2021, about 4,891 refugees arrived in the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo making it the greatest source of refugees for the U.S. The total number of refugee arrivals in the U.S. amounted to 11,411 during the same FY.

Number of refugees arriving in the United States in the fiscal year of 2021, by country of nationality

Characteristic	Number of persons
Democratic Republic of Congo	4,891
Syria	1,246
Afghanistan	872
Ukraine	803
Burma	772
Sudan	513
Iraq	497
El Salvador	200
Eritrea	184
Iran	184
Somalia	174
Pakistan	131
Burundi	124
Republic of South Sudan	93
Honduras	83
Moldova	78
Ethiopia	72
Guatemala	64
Colombia	48
Rwanda	44
Russia	40
Palestine	35
Armenia	34
Ivory Coast	30
Uganda	29
Liberia	25
Kazakhstan	23
Nepal	23
Central African Republic	22
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)	20
Morocco	9
Yemen	7
Other countries*	41

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Release date

January 2022

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United States

Survey time period

as of December 31, 2021

Supplementary notes

Refugees are persons who sought residence in the United States in order to avoid persecution in their country of origin. Persons granted refugee status applied for admission while outside the United States.

*Includes admissions from countries with total admissions under 20 people.

The fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30.

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