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This international agreement was created to address refugee protections after World War II.
What is the 1951 Refugee Convention?
This U.S. department was established in 2003 as a response to 9/11, affecting refugee and asylum processes.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This Cold War-era U.S. act established the legal basis for modern refugee policies in 1980.
What is the Refugee Act of 1980?
This health-related provision was invoked to halt asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border during the pandemic.
What is Title 42?
This conflict in the 1990s led to the displacement of millions in Southeast Europe, with many seeking asylum in the EU.
What are the Balkan Wars?
This organization was founded in 1945 to provide aid to displaced persons and refugees after WWII.
What is the United Nations?
This law, passed after 9/11, heightened background checks and tightened border security for refugees.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
This group of people, fleeing communism, were given priority status under U.S. refugee policies during the Cold War.
Who are refugees from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe?
The COVID-19 pandemic caused this large-scale disruption in refugee resettlement, the largest since World War II.
What is the resettlement freeze of 2020-2021?
The fall of Saigon led to this mass exodus of refugees from Vietnam.
What is the "boat people" crisis?
The U.S. accepted over 400,000 displaced persons between 1945 and 1952 through this act.
What is the Displaced Persons Act?
This change after 9/11 drastically slowed refugee admissions due to new security vetting measures.
What is the enhanced vetting process?
This ideological policy emphasized granting asylum to individuals fleeing communist countries during the Cold War.
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
This U.S. department temporarily suspended refugee processing due to health concerns at the height of the pandemic.
What is the Department of State?
This ongoing crisis, beginning in 2011, has caused the largest refugee movement in the 21st century.
What is the Syrian refugee crisis?
This country saw the largest number of displaced people during and after World War II
What is Germany?
The U.S. enacted this program to identify potential terrorist threats, impacting refugee screening protocols.
What is the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS)?
This significant event during the Cold War led to the displacement of nearly 2 million people from Southeast Asia.
What is the Vietnam War?
During the pandemic, refugee camps faced increased risks due to this major problem, making distancing and hygiene difficult
What is overcrowding?
Refugees from this Caribbean country have consistently sought asylum in the U.S. since the 1980s.
What is Haiti?
This event during WWII led to the establishment of the Nansen International Office for Refugees.
What is the Holocaust?
This legislation in the early 2000s specifically aimed to reform U.S. immigration and asylum law after 9/11.
What is the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act?
This term describes the special legal status given to Cuban refugees during the Cold War era
What is the Cuban Adjustment Act?
The pandemic exacerbated existing conflicts, leading to delays in this global organization’s refugee and asylum procedures.
What is the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?
This U.S. program allows Afghans and Iraqis who assisted U.S. forces to seek asylum.
What is the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program?