NATION : 100,000 Refugees Expected in ’89
The number of refugees arriving in the United States is likely to top 100,000 in 1989 for the first time since 1982, the U.S. Committee on Refugees said today.
The peak year for refugees was 1980, when 207,116 arrived in this country. Court Robinson, a policy analyst for the refugee committee, said he expects the total to exceed 100,000 next year, although U.S. law will allow no more than 94,000 to get formal refugee status, which entitles them to a wide range of services, including English lessons. Such services cost taxpayers about $2,000 for each refugee in the first year alone.
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