Although the resettlement of refugees is always politically contentious in host countries, the current global refugee crisis has only magnified those contentions. In the United States and in many European countries, there has been a strong backlash against the resettlement of refugees—particularly those from Muslim-majority countries. However, within countries such as the United States, there are areas of the country that are more anti-refugee than others. The purpose of this article is to explore the variation in refugee resettlement across the 50 US states from 2002 to 2010. Refugee resettlement in the United States is done in conjunction with the federal government, religious and secular non-profits, and state governments. Some states are far more hospitable to refugee resettlement than others and this article explores the political, economic and social factors that influence the number of refugees resettled in each state. We find that states with a moralistic political culture resettle the most refugees but more liberal states do not resettle more refugees than conservative states. Also, states with a better quality of life resettle more refugees but so do states with higher poverty rates.

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好客和不友好国家在美国难民安置过程中的作用

尽管难民的重新安置在东道国一直存在政治争议，但当前的全球难民危机只是放大了这些争议。在美国和许多欧洲国家，人们强烈反对重新安置难民——尤其是来自穆斯林占多数的国家的难民。但是，在美国等国家内部，该国有些地区比其他地区更反对难民。本文的目的是探讨 2002 年至 2010 年美国 50 个州的难民安置变化。美国的难民安置是与联邦政府、宗教和世俗非营利组织以及州政府共同完成的。一些州比其他州更欢迎难民重新安置，本文探讨了政治、影响在每个州重新安置的难民人数的经济和社会因素。我们发现具有道德政治文化的国家重新安置的难民最多，但更自由的国家并没有比保守的国家重新安置更多的难民。此外，生活质量较好的州会重新安置更多的难民，但贫困率较高的州也是如此。