IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1195 
Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, 
health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 21, 2022 
Mr. LIEU (for himself, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. NORTON, Ms. 
LEE of California, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CORREA, Mr. JOHN-
SON of Georgia, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. POCAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. BROWN 
of Ohio, Mr. TRONE, Ms. JACOBS of California, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PETERS, Mr. 
VARGAS, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Ms. BASS, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. 
KIND, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. 
CLEAVER, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. LEVIN of Michigan, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. YAR-
MUTH, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. KILMER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. 
BARRAGA´N, Mr. SIRES, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. JONES, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. 
ESCOBAR, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. EVANS, Mr. SAN NICO-
LAS, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. MENG, Ms. JAYAPAL, 
Ms. TITUS, Mr. BERA, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. NADLER, Ms. 
GARCIA of Texas, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. NEGUSE, 
Ms. NEWMAN, and Ms. MATSUI) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition 
to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
RESOLUTION 
Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote 
the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and dis-
placed persons. 
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•HRES 1195 IH 
Whereas June 20, 2022, is observed as ‘‘World Refugee 
Day’’, a global event to honor refugees around the globe 
and celebrate the strengths and courage of people who 
have been forced to flee their home country to escape 
conflict or persecution due to their race, religion, nation-
ality, political opinion, or membership in a particular so-
cial group; 
Whereas July 28, 2022, is the 71st anniversary of the Con-
vention Relating to the Status of Refugees, held in Gene-
va on July 28, 1951, which defines the term ‘‘refugee’’ 
and outlines the rights of refugees and the legal obliga-
tions of States to protect them; 
Whereas, in 2022, according to the United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)— 
(1) there are more than 100,000,000 displaced peo-
ple who have been forced from their homes worldwide, 
more than any time in recorded history, including over 
27,100,000 refugees and at least 53,200,000 internally 
displaced people as of the end of 2021; 
(2) 66 percent of the world’s refugees came from 
Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan, and Burma; 
(3) there have been more than 7,500,000 border 
crossings from Ukraine since February 24, 2022, with 
nearly 5,000,000 having been recorded as refugees across 
Europe as of June 9, 2022, and nearly 12,800,000 peo-
ple were internally displaced in Ukraine as of May 5, 
2022; 
(4) there are 2,700,000 registered Afghan refugees 
in the world, of whom nearly 2,100,000 are registered in 
Iran and Pakistan alone, in addition to another 
3,500,000 people who are internally displaced, having 
fled their homes in search of refuge within the country; 
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•HRES 1195 IH 
(5) more than 50 percent of the population of Syria, 
at least 13,500,000 people, have been displaced since the 
start of the conflict, either across the international border 
or within Syria, which represents the largest displace-
ment crisis in the world today; 
(6) 1 in 4 people of concern to UNHCR lives in the 
Americas, up from 1 in 6 in 2018; 
(7) over 6,000,000 Venezuelans have fled the coun-
try, representing the largest exodus in Latin America’s 
recent history and one of the largest displacement crises 
in the world; 
(8) children account for 31 percent of the world’s 
population and 41 percent of all forcibly displaced people, 
millions of whom are unable to access basic services, in-
cluding education; and 
(9) 83 percent of all refugees are hosted by devel-
oping nations, and fewer than 1 percent of vulnerable ref-
ugees in need of resettlement have had the opportunity 
due to lack of resettlement places; 
Whereas thousands of immigrant neighbors in the United 
States, including people from Ethiopia, Cameroon, Haiti, 
Mauritania, and South Sudan, face harm if deported to 
their home countries due to violent crime and political in-
stability; 
Whereas refugees are major contributors to local economies 
and serve as critical frontline health care professionals 
and essential workers combating the COVID–19 pan-
demic worldwide; 
Whereas welcoming the oppressed and persecuted is a core 
tenet of this great Nation, and the United States is home 
to a diverse population of refugees and immigrants who 
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