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Which countries take the most refugees?

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US:

Historical­ly, it has resettled more refugees than all other countries in the world combined, though in recent years, its intake has slowed. In 2016, it took in 85,000 refugees. That same year, the then president, Barack Obama, committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in the 2017 fiscal year — a 57 per cent increase from 2015 numbers. Later in 2017, however, the new President, Donald Trump, slashed the cap to 45,000. According to the Internatio­nal Rescue Committee, the US will only resettle 21,292 refugees in the current fiscal year.

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