Georgia recorded 158 refugee arrivals through June 30, federal data shows
Georgia recorded 158 refugee arrivals between Oct. 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, according to a federal Refugee Processing Center table published July 6.
The figure covers the first nine months of federal fiscal year 2026 and is a statewide count for Georgia, the U.S. state. In the table, the arrivals reported for Georgia are listed under South Africa.
The data provides a current measure of refugee arrivals to Georgia during a period in which international displacement and humanitarian migration remain central concerns for governments and aid systems. But the available federal and state materials do not identify the counties where the 158 people were placed, the agencies involved in their resettlement, or a further breakdown of their refugee cases.
What the federal table reports
The U.S. Department of State’s Refugee Processing Center published the state-and-nationality arrival table for fiscal year 2026. Its reporting period begins Oct. 1, 2025, and the version cited runs through June 30, 2026.
Georgia’s total in that document is 158. The table’s Georgia entries appear under South Africa, identifying the nationality listing associated with the reported arrivals. The table does not, in the material available for this report, provide further information about the individual arrivals or the circumstances that led to their resettlement.
That limitation is significant. A nationality entry does not establish that every person in the count left the same conflict, emergency or humanitarian situation. The federal data supports the reported arrival total and nationality listing, but not a single explanation for why each refugee came to the United States or was resettled in Georgia.
The Refugee Processing Center also cautions that historical monthly arrival figures may change through reconciliation. The 158 figure is therefore the reported total in the federal table as of June 30, rather than an assertion that the number cannot later be adjusted.
Georgia’s role in refugee services
Georgia’s Department of Human Services, through the Division of Family and Children Services, says the state has a Refugee Program and a Georgia State Refugee Coordinator. The department describes the program as coordinating public and private resources for refugees.
The state program is part of the service framework available after refugees arrive. The source material does not say that the state government selected every individual placement, and the reported arrival count should not be read as proof that Georgia directly chose each person included in the federal total.
Nor do the available official sources provide a county-by-county placement list, a list of resettlement organizations, or details about services used by the people counted in the federal table. Those omissions limit what can be concluded about the local distribution of arrivals or the precise operational demands on particular communities.
Why the count matters
The 158 arrivals connect Georgia to the broader humanitarian-migration system that responds to displacement beyond the state’s borders. The development is not a military event inside Georgia; it is a documented refugee-resettlement outcome involving federal arrival reporting and a state program responsible for coordinating resources.
For state agencies, service providers and residents seeking to understand the scale of refugee resettlement, the federal table offers a statewide benchmark through June 30. It does not establish a complete forecast for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, and no future arrival total is provided in the approved materials.
The next known administrative step is the federal reconciliation process described in the arrival table. Because monthly historical figures may be revised, later versions of the federal data could update the reported count. Until then, 158 is the official figure reported for Georgia for the Oct. 1 through June 30 period.
Sources
- Refugee Arrivals by State and Nationality, Fiscal Year 2026, U.S. Department of State, Refugee Processing Center
- Refugee Program, Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family and Children Services