Canada took in more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says

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Source: The Guardian

Canada took in more refugees than any other country in 2018, UN says

Canada resettled 28,100 refugees last year, overtaking the US for the first time since the 1980 Refugee Act, UN report found

Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Wed 19 Jun 2019 21.53 BST Last modified on Wed 19 Jun 2019 21.57 BST

Canada took in more refugees than any other country in the world in 2018, according to a United Nations report, knocking the US from its position as global leader in resettling people fleeing war, persecution and conflict.

Canada resettled 28,1000 refugees in 2018, overtaking the US for the first time since the 1980 Refugee Act, said the report from the UN high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday.

In contrast, the US – which has a population nearly 10 times that of Canada – took in 23,000 refugees – a dramatic reduction from a recent high of 97,000 in 2016.

“The sharp drop in US refugee resettlement is in part due to the Trump administration’s decision to set a considerably lower cap on the number of refugees allowed into the US than in previous years,” said a report from the Pew Research Center on the decline, adding the president determines refugee caps.

Canada also leads in per-capita rates, resettling 756 refugees per million residents. Other countries, including Australia (510), Sweden (493) and Norway (465) also had relatively high resettlement rates. The US settled 70 refugees per million residents.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/19/canada-refugees-resettlement-un-report-2018