
‘Closed doors’: Fewer persecuted Christians coming to States as refugee programs decline
While persecution is on the rise, the total number of refugees resettled yearly in the U.S. has dropped. In 2016, according to the “Closed Doors” report, 32,248 refugees from countries on Open Doors’ World Watch were resettled in the United States. That number dropped to 11,528 in 2018 and then to 5,390 in 2020.