Trump’s planned reduction in refugees may hit Myanmar worst
Trump’s planned reduction in refugees may hit Myanmar worst
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Tin, her husband and five children have cleared years of refugee hurdles to come to the U.S.: blood tests, interviews, DNA and fingerprints, background checks.
President Trump’s 16-page travel ban “to keep the bad dudes out” bars new visas for people from six Muslim-majority countries and shuts down America’s refugee program through mid-July.
An Associated Press analysis of 10 years of refugee data suggests that their most common country of origin is not any of the six nations in the travel ban, but Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Christians face religious and political discrimination in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar.