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Thursday, June 02, 2016

1,037 Syrian Refugees Admitted in May: Two Christians, 1,035 Muslims

(CNSNews.com) – The number of Syrian refugees admitted into the United States jumped to 1,037 during May – an increase of 130 percent over the previous month – but the proportion of Christians among them remains miniscule: two Christians (0.19 percent) compared to 1,035 Muslims.

May’s figure of 1,037 Syrian refugees brings the total number since the beginning of 2016 to 2,099 – compared to 2,192 for the whole of 2015, according to State Department Refugee Processing Center data.

Earlier years since the Syrian civil war began saw much smaller numbers arriving – 20 in 2011 (dated from mid-March); 41 in 2012; 45 in 2013; and 249 in 2014.

Of the 2,099 Syrian refugees admitted so far this year, six (0.28 percent) are Christians, 2,043 (97.3 percent) are Sunni Muslims. The remaining 50 are 17 (0.8 percent) Shi’a, 30 (1.4 percent) other Muslims and 10 (0.47 percent) Yazidis.

Similar proportions are seen in the number of Syrian refugees having arrived in the U.S. since the start of fiscal year 2016: 2,773 in total, comprising 12 (0.4 percent) Christians, 2,703 (97.4 percent) Sunnis, 17 (0.6 percent) Shi’a, 30 (1.1 percent) other Muslims and 10 (0.3 percent) Yazidis.

And since the conflict erupted, of a total of 4,646 Syrian refugees admitted, 60 (1.3 percent) are Christians; 4,422 (95.1 percent) are Sunni Muslims. The remaining 163 include Shi’a, other Muslims, Zoroastrians, Baha’i, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Yazidi, and refugees identified as “other religion” or as having “no religion.”

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

joe
whats up with mitch McConnel back stabbing trump, kinda like gov hogan.?

Anonymous said...

Just how did those 2 christians slip by?

Anonymous said...

Keep cheering but beware! we are being set-up. Its not just this issue. Bathrooms for mental cases, gay marriage constituton ignored, laws dicated, Jesus hated. Go figure.

Anonymous said...

The economy is collapsing.

Governments are pulling out all stops now.

Very dangerous times.

Stay away from banks. Save in non-USDollar methods.

Anonymous said...

Buy gold

Anonymous said...

Welcome to Obama's world!

Anonymous said...

8:33, William DeVain bought it all!