Only 8 percent of immigrants who are granted visas to the United States are admitted based on their professional skills, compared to 25 percent in Canada and 40 percent in Australia.
69,933 refugees were resettled in the United States in FY 2015, 12 percent below the long-run historical average (1975–2014).
35 percent of refugees taken in by the United States were from South Asia and the Middle East in FY 2015. Approximately one-third were from Africa, and roughly one-quarter were from East Asia.