Act Now to Protect Those Fleeing Religious Persecution and Reopen the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program

World Relief and Open Doors US have released the 2026 State of the Golden Door Report. The report finds that, for the first time in a quarter century and possibly for the history of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, no Christian refugees from a country known for persecution of Christians were resettled in the U.S. in FY2026.

Our country’s refugee resettlement and asylum systems have historically been an important avenue for safety for persecuted Christians around the world. The limited processing of asylum claims and the closure of refugee resettlement to all but those from one country have impacted religious minorities worldwide.

These limits on refugee resettlement and asylum claims come at a time of significant numbers of displaced people around the world – over 117 million were documented as displaced by the end of 2025, of which about 41.6 million were refugees.

According to the World Watch List, 1 in 7 Christians (388 million) face persecution or discrimination around the world, which has led 224,000 Christians to flee their home in the on account of their faith just in the past year.

World Relief invites you to sign on to our letter to President Trump asking to reopen the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, set an annual ceiling at a historically consistent level and create a priority category for those fleeing religious persecution.

Additionally, please use this tool to call your member of Congress to demonstrate your support for persecuted religious minorities.