The US says it will cap the number of refugees allowed into the country next year at a near record low of 30,000.
It compares with a 45,000-refugee limit set by President Donald Trump for 2018 and 50,000 the year before. The US is currently on track to admit only about half the maximum number of refugees allowed in 2018.
The refugee cap is the lowest since the aftermath of 9/11, when 27,131 refugees were allowed into the US in 2002.
The US refugee programme was set up in 1980.
According to the New York Times, Monday's announcement represents the lowest ceiling any president has imposed on the programme since its creation.
Eric Schwartz, president of the independent organisation Refugees International, called the new cap "appalling".
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