特朗普政府削減難民准入人數至30,000人

The Trump administration is drastically cutting the number of refugees it lets into the country.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Monday that just 30,000 refugees will be allowed in the United States in 2019, the lowest number admitted since the program was established in 1980.

The is a third less than the 45,000 cap President Donald Trump set for 2018.

Pompeo said the U.S. expects to process up to 30,000 refugees and 280,000 asylum seekers in fiscal year 2019, which begins on Oct. 1.

Pompeo insisted that the figure “must be considered in the context of the many other forms of protection and assistance offered by the United States.”

He cited national security as the main reason behind the reduction, saying the system did not allow for properly vetting the refugees for possible ties to terrorism.

During former President Barack Obama's last year in office, his administration admitted nearly 85,000 refugees.特朗普政府正大幅削減允許進入美國的難民人數。

美國國務卿蓬佩奧週一宣佈，2019年將有30,000名難民獲准進入美國，這是自美國接收難民計劃於1980年開始以來的最低數字。

這比特朗普總統在2018年設定的45,000個名額的上限減少三分之一。

蓬佩奧表示，美國預計將在10月1日開始的2019財政年度處理不超過30,000名難民和280,000名尋求庇護者的申請。

蓬佩奧堅持認爲，這個數字“必須考慮到美國提供的許多其他形式的保護和援助”。

他指出減少難民准入人數的主要原因是基於國家安全，他說目前的系統無法對難民申請者進行適當審查，以防止與恐怖主義的牽連。

在前總統奧巴馬任內的最後一年，美國政府接納了將近85,000名難民。