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The number of Christian refugees admitted into the US has dropped more than 50% under Donald Trump, as his harsh immigration policies extend even to a group of people he promised to protect.
An analysis of US State Department data shows a fall in US support for these refugees ahead of the department’s first-of-its-kind conference on religious liberty, the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, on Wednesday.
There was no explicit mention of refugees in the prepared schedule for the three-day meeting, though one session was scheduled to discuss the “needs of displaced minorities”.
“There will be a range of religious freedom issues discussed at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, including support and care to victims of religious violence or persecution, and advocacy and assistance for displaced religious minority communities,” a State Department official said in a email to the Guardian.